Black churches nationwide can now apply for tens of thousands of dollars in grant money to preserve their historic buildings.

Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some ...

Mikal Elamin was sworn in as police chief and Derek Bryant as fire chief in Matteson, the first African Americans in those ...

A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...

On that morning fifteen years ago, six African American teenagers’ lives were taken after they drowned in the Red River in Shreveport. The teens were identified as La’Tevin “Big” Stewart, Le’Darius ...

The exhibition aims to highlight significant historical examples of collaboration between Haitians and African Americans in ...

For generations, our hair was known as a sacred extension of us that should be respected, carrying energy and spirituality. This is why so many of our mothers would say, “Don’t let people at school ...

A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or ...

Oak Bluffs in particular, according to the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, has a long-standing tradition as a summer ...

My dad always flew an American flag in our front yard. The blue paint on our two-story house was perennially chipping; the fence, or the rail by the stairs, or the front door, existed in a ...