Robell Awake is a chairmaker and scholar based in Atlanta, Georgia. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, "A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects." ...

The craftsman makes sturdy ladder-back chairs through green woodworking, a technique that carves out furniture from a log. Its seats are finely woven, and the two horizontal bars that connect the two ...

For Black History Month in February, RVA Parenting has new ideas for learning about and celebrating Black history with your ...

Ready to read some great superhero adventures in 2025? Here are the Marvel and DC comics you absolutely need to keep an eye ...

February is Black History Month, an excellent period of reflection for our country on the success, trials and tribulations of ...

Indeed, Beyoncé—who received her first-ever Grammy nod back in 2000 with Destiny's Child—landed in the record books in 2023 ... but also a history maker. Thanks to her four wins during ...

Ernest Crim III is an Emmy-nominated producer, educator and author who has used his own experience with a viral hate crime to help kids deal with racism. Crim recorded the hate crime, which ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

To break this long-standing practice, teachers are using picture books to provide valuable lessons on Black historical figures and events. Dawnavyn James, a PhD student and graduate fellow with the ...

Lakeasha Williams is the principal at PS 399 in Brooklyn and says she'd like to see current history books re-written to better reflect Black history. Until that happens, she's embedding it within ...