On August 3, the body of a 27-year-old man was found in Georgia’s Lake Lanier. Days earlier, he had disappeared and drowned while swimming. The week before, another man drowned in the lake, and a few ...

At a time when we're having a national discussion about how Black history fits into the American mosaic, we discovered that many stories of Black achievement are slipping away, going unpreserved for ...

TIME’s new partnership with the leading history platform will provide readers historical analysis of U.S. current events and public debates Today, TIME launches a new partnership with Made by History, ...

The trouble started with a writer on deadline. James Sweet, who goes by Jim, is a white professor of African history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the former president of the American ...

Black History Month originally started off as a week-long celebration in 1926. It grew out of frustration by a lack of awareness of Black Americans' accomplishments throughout history. Black History ...

Since its founding in 1966, the weeklong holiday has been observed with candle lighting ceremonies, feasts, and reflections on past struggles and future hopes. Activist Maulana Karenga and his wife ...

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