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Everyone wants to take from Black culture, but few are concerned with protecting it – except for HBCUs.

How HBCUs Help Protect and Preserve Black Culture Black art is in high demand from people and institutions outside Black culture today, but that wasn’t always the case. In...

Cultural assimilation often feels like survival, but are we misinterpreting the trade-offs? We examine the cost of blending in.

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Sixteen-year-old Wheeler Parker was sure he was going to die. But the intruders strode past him and grabbed his cousin Emmett Till instead. Wheeler has spent his life telling the world what happened.

Emmett Till’s Cousin Shares What Happened The Night He Was Killed “Emmett loved life. He was bigger than life,” says his cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. Parker, who was with Emmett right before he was murdered. Here’s his acc...

Forced to represent himself at his own death penalty trial, Tony Carruthers has maintained his innocence since 1996. Now, he’s survived an abortive attempt at execution–something that happens to us far too often. Here’s why.

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When you think of island culture, your mind might drift to the Caribbean. But not so fast. American islands like Sapelo Island also have a strong Black history.

3 Island Communities Where Black Freedom Flourished Island life is more than souvenirs, bright drinks, and sand. The people of these island communities made something out of nothing, right here on American soil.

Dollar General built an empire on food apartheid and retail redlining by planting more than 20,000 stores in Black and brown neighborhoods already stripped of grocery options.

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Dan Moore Jr. grew up surrounded by Atlanta’s civil rights leaders without even realizing who they were. His father built the city’s first Black history museum. Here's how he's continuing the legacy.

His Father Built Atlanta’s First Black History Museum. Now He’s Running It. Dan Moore Jr. grew up with Atlanta's most prominent civil rights leaders walking in and out of his family home. To him, they were just his aunties and uncles. It wasn't until he got older that he learned who they truly were.

With its white sandy beaches, clear blue waters, and superb food, this part of Haiti is one of the world’s most luxurious tourist spots. The only problem: No Haitians allowed.

The Dark Truth Behind Haiti's Most Beautiful Beach Nearly 40

His appointment as Lake City, South Carolina’s first Black postmaster exposed him to constant racist ridicule and harassment from the white residents. But when racists murdered him, it was time to stamp out white terrorism.

Why The Name Frazier Baker Should Matter To All Of Us Frazier Baker was elected as U.S. postmaster for Lake City, South Carolina. Only six months later, on February 22, 1898, he and his two-year-old daughter Julia...

We were building something special – from acres of farmland to the international economy. And one simple principle made it all possible. It started with three words.

The Three-Word Motto That Built A Nation Three simple words: Do For Self. Thousands of Black people came together to transform this slogan into a system.