African-American History

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens this weekend in Washington. One of the items on display is a violin that, until now, was…

The history of Copper Country in the Upper Peninsula tends to focus on mining and the mostly European immigrants who worked those mines. That traditional…

Angela Flournoy’s new novel, The Turner House, is receiving praise across the literary spectrum, from The New York Times to Buzzfeed.It was also a…

Back in the mid-1800s, a slave by the name of Frank Demas purchased his freedom from a Kentucky slave owner. Demas later settled in Michigan and 170 years…

We are in the middle of what is officially black history month. These days, so far as I can tell, that mostly means elementary school kids have to do a…

When Ypsilanti High School art teacher Lynne Settles first arrived in town, she was unaware of the city's history. After a walking tour with a local…