Arvarh Strickland, the University of Missouri’s first tenured African-American professor, has passed away. Strickland began his career at MU in 1969. Until he retired, Strickland, a nationally known ...

The association is hosting its third annual University and College Presidents Ball in downtown Springfield. It is recognizing the females who are creating opportunities for women of color. Malcolm X’s ...

Clemson University is mourning its first tenured African American professor at the College of Education. Dr. Margaree S. Crosby made history in 1977 as the first African American woman to hold this ...

A professor of African and African American Studies, Morgan was known for pioneering the study of hip-hop as an intellectual endeavor. She died in September due to complications from Alzheimer’s ...

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Julia M. Robinson, author and University of North Carolina Charlotte professor. will speak on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Public Library in Bristol, Virginia and on Jan. 17 at 10 a ...

Nashville has a new historical marker honoring Dr. Robert F. Boyd, an 1882 graduate of Meharry Medical College.

Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was ...

Polk State College had offered the Introduction to African-American Studies course at least since the 2018-2019 academic year ...

*According to a new report, African Americans have a greater immune response to infection than white Americans of European descent. This study, completed by both U.S. and Canadian researchers, was led ...