African American History

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding an event Saturday at the Bullock Museum in Austin to talk about Black settlements in Texas and how people can help preserve their history.

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding a workshop this weekend about gathering artifacts and stories. And they're challenging long-held assumptions about what's often considered "museum-caliber" material.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dan C. Goldberg, a health care reporter with Politico and author of The…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Derrick E. White, associate professor of history and African…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. concludes his conversation with Regina E. Mason, international speaker, executive…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Regina E. Mason, international speaker, executive producer and author of…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Richard Cahan, author of Revolution in Black and White: Photographs of…

kYmberly Keeton harvested community interest to create Growing Your Roots: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference. And she has a perhaps…

Photographs from a local newspaper that has chronicled African American life in Austin for almost 50 years are on display at the Austin History Center for…

A bill to study if an Emancipation trail in Southeast Texas should receive a national designation is now headed to President Trump’s desk for his…