It’s Black History Month and in Philadelphia, that means you have a wealth of options to soak up some Black history. John Coltrane, Paul Robeson…

This week, non-profit and advocacy group Because of Them We Can released a video featuring adorable African-American kids explaining why we need the monthly celebration.

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President Obama has announced plans to visit a mosque for the first time in his presidency.

  The 240th Anniversary of First Baptist Church of Williamsburg is celebrating the special bell ringing ceremony and Concert for Hope on February 1. The event, hosted…

In spite of the endless attempts to erase Black history from the American dialogue, there are some truths that won’t stay buried.

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The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 to help foment wealth-building for nearly four million newly freed slaves. It closed in 1874.

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Cromartie already has 10 children with different women.

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Fay Allen went from working as a nurse in London to becoming a historical figure after she was selected as the United Kingdom’s first Black…

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Frances Cress Welsing, the Black author and psychiatrist whose 1991 work The Isis Papers; The Keys to the Colors introduced the world to the "melanin theory" and the "neuroses" of white supremacy, has died.

Despite its history, the area simply looks like a lot with masses of stones and a few scattered signs referencing the significance of the slave site.