Welcome back to the Hill, my fellow reading enthusiasts! While African American history should be taught and celebrated ...

When Jones was a pre-teen, her mother paid for dance lessons and Jones found a mentor, Frank Hatchett, co-founder of the Broadway Dance Center. She also entered a pageant and got fourth runner-up, but ...

Since their founding in 1990, African American Read-Ins have become a Black History Month tradition at school and community gatherings nationwide.

Celebrate Black History Month with a good book. Our readers recommended 50+ stories to dive into this February and beyond.

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to ...

As a young Black boy in the fifth grade, I am blessed to have a pastor who is not only a leader but also a strong Black man of God.

Willa Brown’s life was marked by many significant firsts for her and American history. The Black travel history-maker was an ambitious woman with big dreams as a pioneering pilot and, later, in ...

In March, we at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall would like to recognize Women’s History Month and celebrate the ...

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...

Nearly 3,500 first-graders from 73 schools across Iowa will join the 19th African American Read-In hosted by University of ...

The beloved children's book 'Tiara's Hat Parade' by Kelly Starling Lyons, recipient of the 2021 Christopher Award for Books ...