Inside the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at North Carolina Central University, you can find Montressa Hunter. "Growing up, I sought refuge in books. That was a place of solace for me," said Hunter ...

"Literacy is the root of education," said Kevin Watkins, president of the Port Huron Branch of the NAACP. "You have to learn ...

Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.

The Stroudsburg Little Bethel Historical Association has worked for years to restore the African Methodist Episcopal Church ...

Nearly 3,500 first-graders from 73 schools across Iowa will join the 19th African American Read-In hosted by University of Northern Iowa as a free, virtual event Thursday.

February is Black History Month, and that means it's a great time to take stock of some of the Black creators who have helped ...

Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...

A scholar and researcher in African ... African and African American cultural productions, Eneh emphasized the transformative power of African storytelling. She noted that literature not only ...

Sharjah [UAE], January 29 (ANI/WAM): The inaugural edition of the Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) has come to a close, after welcoming an impressive gathering of over 10,000 visitors.

A few decades ago, American literature came in limited flavours. There was African-American ... Sometimes we add meanings to the books to make them more relevant to ourselves.