Editor’s note: UPMC Washington Teen Outreach recently held its 15th Black History Month Essay Contest. Here is one of the winning essays. 4.3% of America’s population consists of thriving Black ...

Vol. 1 contents: -- Introduction: Gnostic or Gnomic? / Gerald Early -- pt. I. On Being Black -- On Being Black / W.E.B. Du Bois -- On Being Black / Eric D. Walrond -- Black Pride / Kimbal (Stroud) ...

"I don't think most of us were thinking a year ago that he was going to be president." Early, professor of English literature and African and African-American studies, and director of the university's ...

Junior and senior high school students in South Carolina have a chance to win an Apple MacBook Air and $1,000 for their school or home schooling association if selected as a winner of Dominion Energy ...

Columbia, S.C. - Junior and senior high school students in South Carolina will have a chance to win an Apple MacBook Air and $1,000 for their school or home schooling association if selected as a ...

This Veterans Day, let's remember the sacrifices made by the Black women who served as nurses in World War II.

WEEK AT THE CEMETERY TO HONOR HIM. A NEW BOOK FOCUSES ON THE VAST EXPERIENCES AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HAD IN KENTUCKY. IT’S CALLED SLAVERY AND FREEDOM IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE. REVISITING MY OLD KENTUCKY ...

Jerald Walker is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Emerson College. His work has appeared in *The Best American Essays*, *Best ...

NEW CURRICULUM FOR ITS AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE TODAY. THE PILOT PROGRAM CAME UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAID HE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE COURSE TO BE TAUGHT IN FLORIDA HIGH ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The books were behind schedule. But as they now hit the shelves, ink barely dry, their timing appears impeccable. While the ...