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Editor’s note: This article was originally published April 21, 2014. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts”…

Director Amma Asante's new film is based on the real-life story of a biracial woman who grew up in an aristocratic English family — a story that was immortalized in a painting by Johann Zoffany.

Once known as the ‘Versailles of the Caribbean’, its hollow ruins are one of the few lasting remnants of a forgotten royal court – the first Black monarchy established in the Western world that rose from the ashes of the Haitian Revolution. The brief reign of the first and only King of Haiti is both

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Sunday stroll through town 🙂, Harlem 1963, photo by Earnest Haas

As we celebrate "College Signing Day" with Michelle Obama, we're taking a look back at the Black scholars who sought out education by creating their own opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities—paving the way for us today.

Hollywood needs to look more closely. These celebrities aren't white. Here are a list of 15 Celebrities Most People Don't Know Are Black.