Books have a way of revisiting the beautiful and ugly parts of history. They can capture the culture, society, and politics ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to ...

I Am Me is the children's book of empowerment for every little black girl who sees beauty in herself ... tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture. The ...

Paula Wynter, a Manhattan-based artist, recalls a frightening road trip when she was a young girl during the 1950s ... travel easier and safer for African-Americans. Victor H.

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.