I wanted a history class that focused more on my history. History is viewed as important because it’s necessary to know where you came from, and this African American history class is teaching me more ...

In today’s classrooms, teaching Black history has become a challenge at best—and a dangerous proposition at worst. In many states, politicians have demanded teachers alter their curriculum over fears ...

Want more state education news? Read stories by AL.com’s Education Lab and sign up for its free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. In Mary Gaston’s classroom, Tuscaloosa high schoolers spent a Wednesday ...

STAUNTON — On the west end of Staunton, heading out of town on West Beverley Street sits an abandoned house that was built in 1955 for William and Queen Elizabeth Miller. The African-American couple ...

The famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In it, King urged the nation on ...

College history professor Tore Olsson taught the world's first Red Dead Redemption American history class in 2021, at the University of Tennessee, using Rockstar's open-world epics to engage students ...