WASHINGTON — The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black ...

Situated at the edge of the Annapolis Neck Peninsula lies a community that has borne witness to well over a century of evolution in the life of Black America. After being rejected from a resort known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear.

“A Black photographer in Hartford 150 years ago? That’s amazing.” That’s just one takeaway that Henry Louis Gates Jr. has from the extraordinary new art exhibit “I Am Seen…Therefore, I Am: Isaac ...

Every February in Baltimore, the air carries a double weight. The wind off the harbor is still sharp, but the calendar insists on remembrance. We move through Black History Month with a familiar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artwork portraying Frederick Douglass rests on a table during a formal dedication of the House Press Gallery to be named after ...

For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear. My family knows I love ― like, really love ― February, because it is ...