Peninsula native and renowned historian Calvin Pearson, who friends describe as a huge force in educating Hampton Roads on the history of enslaved Africans, died last week at 73. Pearson is the ...

Image A middle school student in Washington, D.C., submitted artwork inspired by the essay "The Idea of America,” by Nikole ...

Black Liberation ArmyHoward University professor and “1619 Project”creator Nikole Hannah-Jones is facing criticism for a tribute she wrote recently for the late Assata Shakur, a convicted murderer and ...

Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt The New York Times' 1619 Project for film and television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that ...

Friday on the RCP Podcast, Andrew Walworth spoke to economic historian Phillip W. Magness about his new book: "The 1619 Project Myth" "They claim American economic development in the 19th century was ...

The Arkansas Senator says the nation was not built on slavery. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced legislation to prohibit federal funds for public schools to teach The 1619 Project, an initiative ...

COLLINGSWOOD – Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, paid a visit here on July 9 at a crowded Scottish Rite Auditorium. The colorful owner of Ida’s ...