Black History Month

Martin Luther King Facts They Didn't Teach You In School

The civil rights leader would have been 87 today.
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Behold, The Largely Unseen History Of Black Cowboys (And Cowgirls)

Stunning black-and-white images of ranchers, riders, calf ropers and herders.
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Essence Magazine Celebrates #BlackGirlMagic In Exciting New Issue

These covers are epic.
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Malcolm X Suggests Cure To Racism In Newly-Discovered Handwritten Letter

The letter is on sale for $1.25 million.
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Slave Trade Video Game Edited After Backlash

The creators of "Playing History: Slave Trade" removed a level Monday which featured black slave characters being dropped into a ship.
By Derrik J. Lang, AP

A White Southerner Runs The Only Museum Solely Memorializing Slavery

“This isn’t black history we’re talking about, this is our national history.”
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These Rare Photos Of 19th-Century Black Citizens Are Revolutionary

"It changes our perceptions of the past, and can reverberate and change how we view the present."
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, AP

This Is What It Means To Be Afro-Latino

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27 Amazingly Powerful Quotes From Black Writers

Happy National Genocide (Thanksgiving) Day!

In 1637 the body of a white man was discovered dead in a boat. Armed settlers -- which we tell our children were God fearing, gentle, sharing, kind Pilgrims -- invaded a Pequot village. They also set the village, which included many children, on fire.
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