The growth of the cotton economy and the internal slave trade in America forced families to separate and migrate once again.

Who originated the concept of the "Talented Tenth" black leadership class?

What is Juneteenth and why are 42 states and the District of Columbia celebrating it this year?

As a literary scholar and cultural historian who has spent a lifetime searching out African Americans' lost, forgotten and otherwise unheralded tales, I was honored to serve as a historical consultant on Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," most certainly one of the most vivid and authentic portrayals of slavery ever captured in a feature film.

Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader who was kept in the shadows by the Civil Rights movement establishment.