The effort to name the House Press Gallery after abolitionist Frederick Douglass is getting a push forward as Rep. Byron ...

Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

Benjamin Quarles, a celebrated historian at Morgan State University, faced an uphill battle to chronicle the Black experience ...

The Winchester School Board heard a proposal to expand Winchester Public Schools’ dual language immersion program to Garland R. Quarles and John Kerr elementary schools during its work ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Twenty students from Spokane-area schools will be showcasing their art in the annual Black Voices Symposium event on Monday, ...

Thoughtful resources combined with experiential learning guide students to engage with important events in our country’s past ...

This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will ...

I started to work on "All Rise" and lay out a plan for how to write for those type of large forces ... You've got the Mormons in Rochester. You know, you have Frederick Douglass who's bouncing between ...

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

James Wheldon Johnson was a visionary thinker and Renaissance man whose achievements as an author, lyricist, poet, diplomat, ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...