Black History & Black History Month: Celebrating Black Excellence

10 Langston Hughes Poems That Capture the Heart of America

The lyrical realism and subject matter of Langston Hughes’ poetry continue to resonate today.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Call to Activism

How the Greensboro Four Began the Sit-In Movement

Rosa Parks: Timeline of Her Life, Montgomery Bus Boycott and Death

The Lasting Impact of the Little Rock Nine

The Birmingham Children's Crusade of 1963

How Lonnie Johnson Invented the Super Soaker

The engineer tuned toy inventor gamed up the idea for the water gun while preparing for a NASA mission.

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Mildred Loving

Linda Brown

Thurgood Marshall

How Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi Created the Black Lives Matter Movement

What started off as a hashtag on a Facebook post has become a national rallying cry for equality.