Bessie Virginia Blount was a physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist who invented an electronic feeding device in ...

Inventions by African Americans into the 21st century include everything from toys to physics to aerospace technology.

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

What’s your definition of work? Ask the kids and they might say homework or chores, maybe a part-time job for teens. Today’s ...

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From trailblazers to inventors, Olympians, and politicians, numerous Black historical figures have left their marks on ...

Some of history’s most famous figures are coming back to life at John Gregg Elementary School, as fifth- and sixth-graders prepare to hold a living wax museum as part of the school’s annual art show.

Gerald Norwood is a Wichita collector of "African Americana" — letters, legal papers and other artifacts of the black ...

The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s great­est poet. Unlike many famous Euro­peans of color, Pushkin was ...

A social media content creator has suggested a new person to replace Fantana and represent Ghana on the Netflix show ‘Young, Famous and African’. According to her, jailed socialite, Mona Montrage aka ...