Chronicles five hundred years of African-American history from the origins of slavery on the African continent through Barack Obama's second presidential term,

African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity rel

In 2000, the United States census allowed respondents for the first time to tick a box marked “African American” in the race category. The new option marked

Indianapolis has long been steeped in important moments in African American history, from businesswoman Madame C. J. Walker's success to the rise of the Ku Klux