His first novel, “Invisible Man,” about social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans, was published in 1952 and the only one published before his death. Known as the “First Lady ...

In February, Dallas recognized its first African American police officer, Officer William McDuff, who was killed in 1896.

Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...

Walker owns and operated the Walker African American Museum and Research Center, the first African American history museum in Nevada, in the Historic Westside. She was forced to shutter the museum ...

The Department of African American Studies hosted its first annual undergraduate symposium Feb. 22 at the Pyle Center. The symposium highlighted research, art and projects from students involved in ...