just outside Tuxedo. The Kingdom of the Happy Land, an independent post-Civil War settlement of freed slaves, is a major facet of African-American history in Henderson County. The Kingdom began in the ...

Several community leaders are working to make a difference in the lives of at-risk African-American boys during the 500 Black Tuxedos event. Hundreds of kids, some of which never grew up with a ...

Knoxville’s Pre-Prom Stop lets teens show off elaborate tuxedos and gowns and their personalities ... “We find that (in) today's fashion, that many African Americans, for example, are really ...

who revolutionized menswear through an African lens. Their collaboration resulted in a history-making look—a royal red wool tuxedo paired with a dramatic oxblood eel skin cape. As Boateng put it ...

The guest speaker at the gala will be Bridgette Jones, the former Director of African American Studies at Bellemeade Horse Plantation in Nashville. Derby themed attire or formal wear is encouraged.

On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of.

It depicted an African American man in a tuxedo, elegantly posed before the camera. West purchased it for $10.70. “Including tax,” he said with a laugh in a phone interview. The find kicked ...

David Greene, Student: The content of basic African American history content, they cover Martin Luther King, they cover Malcolm X, they cover the transatlantic slave trade, and then they end it ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.

Black salons and barber shops have been centers of African-American culture and community for decades. The Washington Post via Getty Images While bureaucrats debate policy in marble halls ...

A “black-tie required” dress code used to be quite rigid, with men required to don tuxedos and bow ties and women expected to wear floor-length gowns. While these are still the default rules ...

African American studies will be available in US high schools as an Advanced Placement course for the first time, starting in the 2023-24 school year. Designed to be taught over 28 weeks ...