In 1964, the University found itself home to a new student group on campus: the “Committee for Racial Reconciliation.” The group, originally committed to advocating for racial segregation, during its ...

Bhowanipur or Bhabanipur has grown from a small village, which was a part of the 55 villages that the East India Company purchased from Mir Jafar in 1758 ...

A BTS promo video sparked backlash, and revealed a forgotten piece of Black history tied to Howard University.

Endings in baseball are both elusive and decisive. And they are the focus of this year's chapter of Baseball 101, Newsday's annual look at the game through one particular lens.

Malcom X arrived at Harborfields High School on a cold January day in 1962. There is little documentation for this session.

Namibia might not be well known in many parts of the world. But the arid southern African country has an extraordinary history. Rich in indigenous cultural diversity, Namibians lived for more than a ...

A towering figure in the American Civil Rights Movement is being remembered not just for the history he helped shape — but for the lives he changed along the way.

Learotha Williams, a historian and Tennessee State University professor, is the first Black Davidson County historian in ...

"What surprised me while writing Black Out Loud was how much comedy and the news actually overlap," he says. "The comedians I write about were often responding to the same forces journalists cover — ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the decade.

The struggle over Muslim religious liberty is a test of religious freedom itself ...

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