Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. A Sony Pictures Animation.

Discover how the African American Burial Ground and Remembering Project is restoring lost cemeteries and preserving Black heritage across Florida.

Released in 1990, Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight” marked a stylistic shift in her career, moving toward a more urban, R&B-driven sound.

Explore Robert Knight’s 1967 soul classic Everlasting Love, its emotional power, chart success, and the most famous cover versions that kept the song alive for generations.

Discover While I Yet Live, Maris Curran’s immersive film honoring the master quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and their living legacy of art.

The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend (2002) explores the extraordinary lives, inspirations, and history of these artists, and also follows them on a poignant and sometimes very comical bus journey to see their quilts exhibited at The Milwaukee Art Museum.

When a 55-year-old woman lost her job and got evicted, she took up residence at the only place she felt she owned, her husband's grave. Then, an "angel" came to her rescue. Steve Hartman has the story "On the Road."

Family, friends, and community leaders honored Winter Haven resident Gertrude Williams as she celebrated an extraordinary milestone—her 111th birthday.

Naomi DeBerry, 13, of New Orleans is the only American named a TIME Girls of the Year 2025, honored for her children’s book on organ donation.

Trending this afternoon: a TikTok creator is making big money after a viral jingle caught national attention.

Discover the extraordinary life of Anna Kingsley, known as the African Princess, a powerful woman of African descent in early Florida history.

Working out of an old airplane parts factory, the internationally-acclaimed artist Theaster Gates has refused to fit inside a box – from creating works out of discarded objects, to making paintings out of tar.

As we mark Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, Martha Teichner talks with some of those who were engaged from the very beginning of the civil rights movement.

Before Rosa Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat. Her courage helped dismantle bus segregation in America.

Discover Black AF History, the bestselling book retelling U.S. history through Black voices, culture, resistance, and truth you were never taught.