Black History Month

Why Booker T. Washington Remains a Model for the Ages

Recognizing Hard Truths about America’s History With Slavery

Henry Flipper Rose From Slavery to Become West Point’s First Black Graduate—and a Staunch Anti-New Dealer

Carter Woodson: The Man Whose Work Inspired Black History Month

The Jesse Owens They Don’t Teach You about in History Class

Louis Armstrong Broke Barriers With Music, Optimism, and the Sheer Force of His Personality

Two Miraculous Surgeries of 1893: A Successful Human Heart Operation and Removing a President’s Tumor

The Harlem Hellfighters: The Incredible Story Behind the Most Decorated US Regiment in WWI

Black, Blind and Brilliant: 10 Musicians Who Overcame the Odds

How the First Female African-American Millionaire Turned Adversity Into Advantage

A Hero of Black History in America: 9 Powerful Quotes from Frederick Douglass

The Tulsa Race Massacre: A Mindless Rage of Collectivist Groupthink

Rube Foster: “The Father of Black Baseball”

S.B. Fuller: NAACP Leader, Entrepreneur, and Builder of a Corporate Empire

Frederick Douglass on His Escape from Slavery

16 Booker T. Washington Quotes on Liberty and Personal Responsibility

Frederick Douglass Insisted That Identity Politics Is Not the Answer

A Celebration of Black Entrepreneurs and Emancipators throughout American History