Sisters behind US’s first Black food book store share their five essential reads
For Black History Month, owners Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport curated a list of the best books celebrating the role of food in culture and liberation
We get 28 days for Black history in the US – but every month is White History Month
Steve Phillips
Conservatives are blocking a more inclusive version of history – even as our Capitol contains statues of white supremacists
TV review
African Queens: Njinga review – Jada Pinkett Smith’s docudrama is like a mediocre Channel 5 show
America has a history of banning Black studies. We can learn from that past
Derecka Purnell
DeSantis’s corporate donors under fire for ‘hypocrisy’ over Black History Month
July 2022
Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US
Photos dating back to 1800s made free to allow telling of black history stories beyond enslavement and colonisation
June 2022
What did Blackout Tuesday change? Not much – TV boardrooms are still very white
Michelle Kambasha
Executive roles are still mostly out of reach for Black creatives, says music industry professional Michelle Kambasha
February 2022
Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, evacuated from school after bomb threat
Second gentleman was at Dunbar high school in DC for Black History Month event when he was escorted out
August 2021
It’s time to free Black revolutionaries from US prisons
Akin Olla
Since 1979, the Black August holiday has honored Black freedom fighters. Today, we can celebrate the occasion by demanding the release of prisoners
February 2021
The women who shaped Malcolm X
Moses Fleetwood Walker: editor, author and major league baseball's first black star
Fight to vote
Fight to vote: the woman who was key in 'getting us the Voting Rights Act'
Black History Month means grappling with the full legacy of racism in the US
Rashawn Ray
A corporate, commodified Black History Month is taking hold. We can't let it
Malaika Jabali
Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf were Kaepernick before Kaepernick
Etan Thomas
US fast food workers hold Black History Month strikes to demand $15 an hour
'He's a symbol of resistance': the true story of 'Black Messiah' Fred Hampton
In the Absence of Light: celebrating the history of black artists in America
'It took a long time to get here': behind the National Museum of African American Music
Grief and grievance: how artists respond to racial violence in America
