Michigan is the ancestral homeland of Anishinaabe peoples, namely the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi — the historic Council of Three Fires alliance — and the Indigenous presence pre-dates European ...

Standing beneath a 3-by-4-foot canvas of blues, golds and orange, Sandra Braswell of Hempstead marveled at expressive brushstrokes that formed portraits of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet ...

DETROIT – One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can see it now at Detroit’s world-class art museum. The Center for ...

“Everybody that thought about the 1619 Project … saw that the Smithsonian had fingerprints on it,” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III once said with pride—a curious boast given the project’s many ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Downtown Charleston’s International African American Museum will open an exhibit next week to serve as a national archive on family histories of slavery. The Speaking Truth ...

Even as race-conscious cultural programming is under attack, this San Francisco museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an ambitious show exploring Blackness and the cosmos. Monetta White, ...

Ebony JJ is a master journalist who has an extensive background in all areas of journalism with an emphasis on impactful stories highlighting the advancement of the Black community through politics, ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts' new African American art galleries “Reimagine African American Art” open to the public Saturday featuring 50 works and a new central location adjacent to Rivera Court.

A city mosque will kick off a five-day exhibition on the connection between Islam and Black history in the United States with a panel discussion at Morgan State University. The Muslim Community ...

DETROIT – Funeral arrangements are set for Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. The former congresswoman will lie in Detroit on Monday (Oct.20) in the rotunda of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American ...

Its felt this year as if a target has been placed on the back of the Black middle class. Thousands of Black Americans have been pushed out of their federal positions, and Black women have had an ...

Last summer, my mom told me she wanted to visit Washington, D.C. and tour all of the historical sites and museums, "before it was too late." I didn't really understand entirely what she meant until ...