17."My ultimate, top-vote for the Best Dressed Black Woman in media goes to both Julia's Julia Baker — and Dynasty's ...

February is more than just Black History Month — it is a time to reflect on powerful events that have shaped not only African ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The Waterloo after-school literacy program co-founded by Nikole Hannah-Jones will host the city’s 19th African American ...

Learn about the Black head coaches who made history by winning an NCAA Division I Basketball Championship and helped shape college basketball.

ESSENCE Black Futures honorees, Dr. Brandon Frame, Tevon Blair, Dr. Topeka Sam and W. Mondale Robinson discuss the power of ...

The 29-year-old fashion photographer Tyler Mitchell had his own ideas about how to shoot the catalog for the museum’s spring Costume Institute show.

St. Johns County in Florida advances plans for the state's first Black history museum, with updates shared by Commissioner Arnold.

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

Kebede joins a sisterhood of green-clad Black women who have played Elphaba, a list that includes Saycon Sengbloh and Lilli ...