CultureFest will celebrate African and diasporic cultures at Penn Museum

CultureFest! is a day-long celebration that will highlight contemporary and traditional cultural practices across the African continent.

‘By the People’ crowdsourcing project aims to transcribe legendary civil rights leader Rosa Parks’ papers

The transcription project, called “By the people,” is powered by volunteers across the country and launched the campaign to make Park’s papers more searchable and accessible online, including many items featured in the exhibition, “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words.”

Delaware teacher's viral 'push through' mantra becomes a book

"I'm Gonna Push Through!", by Jasmyn Wright, is set to be released Feb. 18 and is an all-inclusive picture book meant to teach children resilience. 

'Parker Looks Up': Book captures viral moment with Michelle Obama portrait

When 2-year-old Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, she saw a queen. A fellow museum-goer snapped a photo of Parker staring up in awe. The rest was history.

Historic African-American cemetery seeks volunteers for Black History month clean-up initiative

For Black History month, a non-profit is seeking volunteers to help with a weekly clean-up initiative at Historic Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, the resting place of many of the city’s African-American leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Black History Month: The little-known backstory

The backstory of how Black History Month became an annual celebration in the United States is often overlooked.

Gwen Ifill honored with Black Heritage Forever stamp

The United States Post Office is honoring Gwen Ifill, the late esteemed journalist, with a Black Heritage Forever stamp this year. 

Before Andrew Yang, MLK was the champion of universal basic income

Martin Luther King Jr. championed the idea of a universal basic income for all American adults more than 50 years ago as part of his Poor People's Campaign, but he was assassinated before he could carry the initiative to fruition.