For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...

When it comes to learning about Black history, students today are tuning in to TikTok for lessons not learned in the classroom. Well-versed on the basic facts about prominent figures such as Martin ...

A Philadelphia church is hosting a marathon Black history lesson with the goal of breaking a Guinness World Record.

S+B: Historians have, well, historically been content to leave current events to journalists. But you spend a lot of time writing, teaching, and thinking about what is happening now. How do you ...

LaGarrett King is the director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the Univesity at Buffalo. (Photo courtesy St. Thomas University) This is your first of three free ...

I often start a new class by asking why we should study history. I don’t allow the cliché “History repeats itself,” without specific examples. The history of epidemics provides some: racist ...

A participant holding a Defund The Police sign at a protest on June 2, 2020, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A participant holding a Defund The Police sign at a protest on June 2, 2020, in Brooklyn, N.Y.Erik ...