The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history.

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

Pulaski residents who played a role in the Civil Rights movement over 70 years ago are being honored at an event Saturday at ...

Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface, the Sibanye Stillwater mining company said on Friday.

We’re excited to announce the fifth edition of the ‘Made by Africa, loved by the world’ campaign in celebration of Africa Day on May 25. This year’s ...

For a long period of American history, art created by African Americans was considered irrelevant and unworthy of ...

La Jolla Playhouse recently opened a production of Jocelyn Bioh's Tony Award-winning play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." Set in a Harlem hair braiding salon, the story explores love, family, ...

Community, crafts, and music drew a crowd of 6,000 to Rock Quarry Park for Durham's lively annual celebration of African and ...

Routed West” expands on a previous display of Black diaspora works from the 1940-to-1970 Second Migration period.

Stop by and chat about the heritage of African American story quilts, ask questions about quilting or bring your own project. A limited number of starter supply kits will be available for beginners on ...

their quilts tell stories of community, resourcefulness, and cultural identity. Garnering national acclaim, their work has been featured in the National Museum of African American History and ...