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Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.

Walter Moses Burton was born into slavery, but eventually served four terms in the Texas state senate during the progressive but brief Reconstruction period. Visiting his gravesite in Richmond, Texas, offers an important glimpse into Texas’—and the South’s—political history.

H. Wilson & Company, founded by a group of formerly enslaved potters, made an indelible mark on American craft—and American branding, too.

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A photographer captures perseverance and pride over a decade of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo.

It's where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers.

This African history is often omitted from textbooks.

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America's Black Holocaust Museum reopens in the historic hub of Milwaukee's African American community.

Scholar Solange Ashby is uncovering the once-revered, now little-remembered female leaders of the Kushite kingdoms.

Louisiana locals and historians are both commemorating and investigating the mystery-shrouded incident.