The story of Cuffeytown, a free Black community founded in 1778 in Chesapeake, VA. Cuffeytown, also known as Long Ridge, was founded by free Black families in Chesapeake, Virginia, as early as 1778.

A Richmond artist uses murals to spark dialogue, honor history, and empower communities. In this episode, a Richmond-based public artist shares how they use large-scale murals to amplify ...

America cannot afford to whitewash its past. Yet that is exactly what is at stake in the current review of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. To question whether slavery and ...

WASHINGTON – The National Museum of African American History and Culture – which President Donald Trump once said made him “deeply proud” – has become a flashpoint in the White House's targeting of ...

Black church leaders across the U.S. are urging congregants to support Black history by becoming members of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The move comes after President ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few years ago. ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture is on "indefinite leave." Shanita Brackett current director of operations will step in as interim director. Kevin Young, director of the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few years ago. ...

Marvin Dulaney, the museum's deputy director and chief operating officer, teaches a class of North Texans attending the museum's Freedom Schools. The African American Museum’s library is filled with ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed African American history courses to count toward core high school graduation requirements. The very ...