Most estimates of postwar killings of African-Americans amount to about 4,000 public lynchings committed between 1877 and 1968. But what about those who were assassinated or disappeared before ...

At the end of a war fought to expand freedom, neither the old British Empire nor the new American Republic showed much generosity toward people of African descent. As Americans built a new ...

“The museum highlights the deep, complex history of African Americans and their contributions to this country,’" she wrote in a recent note shared with USA TODAY. And, she said, it plays a ...

“The museum highlights the deep, complex history of African Americans and their contributions to this country,’" she wrote in a recent note shared with USA TODAY. And, she said, it plays a ...

That's thanks to an oral history database called The HistoryMakers that contains more than 3,000 interviews with African Americans from across the U.S. who helped shape the country. The collection ...

of historical content about African Americans and other minorities from government websites, and intensified attacks on educational institutions. The administration has focused on museums ...