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Deaths of Black people in and following police contact
Since 1990, 200 Black people have died in and following police contact in England...
Pte James Munroe Franklin, Battle of the Somme
James was born in Mississippi and while still young his family moved to Hamilton,...
Why India resisted the Caribbean diaspora’s attempts to...
A community shaped by indentureship found its dream of returning home colliding...
Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are...
The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree,...
Good News in History, September 18
188 years ago today, the Anti-Corn Law League was established in England by the...
Radical Object: Tuskegee Belle Cosmetics
What does a beauty brand for Black women reveal about the intersection of race,...
This city led the way on reparations for Black people....
Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical...
An Archive of Solidarity
What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in...
Good News in History, September 11
65 years ago today, the World Wildlife Fund was formed to save diverse species across...
Radical Object: The Radar Key
The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding...
Afro-Asian Rhythms
How did global connections shape the sounds of the 1950s and 1960s in the decolonising...
Discovery of ancient DNA from antelope fossils in South...
Over the past 50,000 years, many of the world’s large mammals have gone extinct
Good News in History, September 5
252 years ago today, the First Continental Congress was organized in Carpenter’s...
International Day for People of African Descent
Around 200 million people identifying themselves as being of African descent live...
NAACP Warns Federal Polling Presence Could Have Chilling...
The civil rights group has filed a FOIA request demanding answers about the Justice...
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Howard University to Welcome Asante King, His Majesty Otumfuo...
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
Good News in History, September 3
Happy Birthday to Shaun White, the three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe...
Video Lesson | Europe’s Secret Financial Weapon in Africa
See how Europe used predatory debt and cultural erasure to conquer North Africa,...
Whose House and Whose Tools?
In the early nineteenth century, the British Empire attempted to reform the institution...
Good News in History September 2
Happy 62nd Birthday to Keanu Reeves, the actor who might be called one of the nicest...
On Mass Politics and Direct Action
How might mass politics and direct action work together? Martin Shaw reflects on...
Why is NASA’s flagship spy satellite christened ‘Nancy...
In 1961, Nancy Grace Roman was already the first Chief of Astronomy in the 'Office...
A baboon who excelled at sentry duty, dogs targeted by...
Christopher Hart discovers the incredible impact animals had in key moments of the...
WATCH LIVE | Commemoration of 1956 Women’s March
Unisa and the SACC are commemorating the Women’s March
Good News in History, August 26
235 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by...
A Howard University Alumna Rises in the World of Poetry
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
Good News in History, August 25
110 years ago today, the National Park Service was created in the US. Guardians...
American Black Journal | The Black Church in Detroit series...
A look at the African presence in the Bible and a project encourages stories about...
"History Itself Justifies Our Presence": Stephanie Phillips...
Ahead of the publication of her new book, We Were Here: A History of Black People...
Good News in History, August 18
88 years ago today, the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the US with Canada over...
Colonial Kenya and the Politics of Visibility
During the Kenya Emergency, photography became a vital tool for psychological warfare....
Mauritius — Birth Control or Starvation
From Our Archives – A Glimpse into 1961 Under this caption, the London weekly, New...
Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School
By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration...
Good News in History, August 15
108 years ago today, American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the first long-form...
Good News in History, August 14
85 years ago today, US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston...
What postcolonialism looks like in Southeast Asia
AJ's Jamal Elshayyal moderates a panel of academics and leaders from four countries
Artist Lava Thomas monumentalizes Black presence through...
Fort Worth, August 10, 2026 — The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter)...
Good News in History, August 8
450 years ago today, the keystone of Europe’s first modern astronomical observatory—the...
'It's exhausting having the same conversation - lack of...
The lack of representation of black authors, illustrators, stories and characters...
Activism, Identity, and the Bengali Photo Archive
What can photographs tell us about anti-racist activism in twentieth-century London?...
Good News in History, August 3
On this day 100 years ago, Tony Bennett, the famed jazz and pop singer, who passed...
The resilient and clever woman who should have been the...
400 years before Queen Mary I took the throne, the Empress Matilda came within a...
Good News in History, August 2
83 years ago today, in combat with the Japanese during the Solomon Islands Campaign...
Good News in History, July 28
133 years ago today, the Vizcaya Bridge, Spain’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site...
POW Letters and ‘Doing Family’
Through the POW experience of her grandfather, Alina Schartner reflects on letter-writing...
Good News in History, July 24
51 years ago today, Giorgio Armani and Sergio Galeotti founded Giorgio Armani SpA...
Good News in History, July 23
Happy 55th Birthday to the amazing musician and singer Alison Krauss, who has won...
The Blogs: Are you a black and white thinker? A protective...
From the blog of Charlotte Mendel at The Times of Israel
Good News in History, July 22
30 years ago today, The Daily Show began satirizing and skewering politicians and...
Good News in History, July 21
36 years ago today, Roger Waters performed The Wall in Berlin for 350,000 fans to...
Radical Friendship and Early Feminism: Anna Doyle Wheeler...
Ophélie Siméon dives into the letters exchanged between nineteenth-century radical...
Howard University Chaplain Robert Boxie Becomes America’s...
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
Good News in History, July 17
70 years ago today, the MGM musical comedy High Society was released. Starring Bing...
???? Mesoamerican Evidence of Black Presence in the Ancient...
???? Mesoamerican Evidence of Black Presence in the Ancient Americas While "experts"...
Good News in History, July 16
1404 years ago today, the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH), journeyed with his...
Being an Audience to Arrest
Lucy Clarke examines the arrest in early modern England, reconstructing how bystanders...
Good News in History, July 15
71 years ago today, 18 Nobel laureate scientists signed the Mainau Declaration publicly...
Felicia Megginson’s Self-Portraits Recast Black Presence...
At Providence College’s Reilly Gallery, “Re-Framing Nature” charts Megginson’s explorations...
Lady Montrose and the At-Home Abortion
What can an advertisement in a nineteenth century London newspaper tell us about...
Good News in History, July 12
131 years ago, the architect, visionary, and writer Buckminster Fuller was born....
Good News in History, July 11
90 years ago today, the RFK Bridge, also known as the Triborough Bridge, opened...
Bayeux Tapestry returns to the UK for first time in almost...
The 70-metre-long embroidered linen depicts the Norman Conquest of 1066.
A 40-year-old excavation just uncovered rare Egyptian artifacts,...
Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a rare collection of golden tongue artefacts...
Celebrating the Rhythmic Connection Between Howard University...
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
Good News in History, July 9
Happy 70th Birthday to actor Tom Hanks. Known for both his dramatic and comedic...
Mary Toft and the Radical Birth Control Movement
Why was a twentieth-century doctor deeply involved in the radical birth control...
Non-Violent Tactics Were An Important Part Of The American...
By Dr. Tom H. Hastings Photos: Wikimedia Commons As someone who studies and tries...
Good News in History, July 7
36 years ago today, The Three Tenors performed live for the first time at the Baths...
The (Re)opening of the Bangunan
What can architecture tell us about the nature of colonial rule? Abdullah explores...
For Howard Students and Faculty, International Women in...
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
“Should we go to the pub? Or should we go to the archive?”
This collaborative conversation, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects...
South African anti-migrant protesters should march peacefully,...
Thousands of people from other African countries have left South Africa ahead of...
Uncovering the History of Spain’s First Trans Organisation
How did trans people in 1970s Spain organise and campaign for their rights? Iago...
New Programs in AI, Microchip Design, and Construction...
Along with McElroy, Jamil Fletcher (B.S. ’87), A.J. King, Steve Mobley, Ph.D. (B.A....
Can White People Join the New Black Panther Party?
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