Black History

“[W]e need to be mindful of never, ever allowing something like this to happen again," said state Sen. Michael Jackson.

Anne Arundel County dedicated a memorial listing the names of 1,727 patients who died at the Crownsville state hospital between 1912 and 1965 and were buried in mostly unmarked graves.

'King of the North' author Jeanne Theoharis shows us how Dr. King’s struggles for racial justice in the North, Midwest and West were as significant as the work he did in his native South.

In her third book of narrative history, Baltimore-based journalist and author Elaine Weiss documents the courageous efforts from 1955-1970 to secure full equality for African Americans.

In The Trouble of Color, a historian explores America's color lines and how racial classification impacts Black families and identity.

Author Elaine Weiss talks about her new book, 'Spell Freedom.'

We talk with JHU Prof. Martha S. Jones about a very personal meditation on her own family, and her own experience navigating a color line she describes as jagged, shifting and threatening.

Author and historian Kellie Carter Jackson explores how Black women fought against white supremacy, showcasing both their loud and quiet forms of resistance.

The body will be tasked with studying possible reparations to the descendants of formerly enslaved people.

Author Elaine Weiss talks about her new book, 'Spell Freedom.'