Education
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first Black woman to publish a novel in the U.S. Her book, 'Our Nig,' was released in 1859.
WalletHub's latest survey reveals the best and worst U.S. school systems. Discover which states excel in education quality, funding, and graduation rates this back-to-school season.
A quiet crisis has steadily eroded Black landownership across generations, known as heirs’ property. Here's how you can protect your land from this vicious loophole.
Did y'all know there are at least two HBCUs in America (West Virginia to be specific) that are predominantly white?
Score the best Amazon back-to-school deals for 2025—from laptops to lunch boxes, all at serious discounts.
The U.S. and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning decades before U.S. strikes on nuclear sites.
If there is one lesson I have gleaned from Malcolm X, it is the importance of seeing oneself as a forever student.
Bob Marley was reaching the pinnacle of his career when he was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer.
How do you get a whole race of people to uplift themselves after years of persecution? This was the very question Colonel Allen Allensworth asked himself before he embarked on one of the most important journeys in African American history: to build the first Black self-sufficient town in California.
How did political parties come to be in the United States? Let's take a look back at their unique history.
Lula “Mae” Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philly to own her own business, created one-of-a-kind and custom hats
When you think of the first Irish people, you probably picture fair-skinned red heads…history and science says otherwise. Turns out, the first Irish were blue-eyed Black folks. Researchers say that the ancient genetics of Ireland reveal that the island’s earliest inhabitants— hunter-gatherers who arrived about 10,000 years ago (around 8000 BCE)—had dark skin and piercing […]
