One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

A TikTok video of a Black American woman asking about the 49 Afrikaner famer refuges' farms. Peeps shared speculations about ...

A controversy has been brewing at Denver's Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library after several historical ...

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. During a time when land ownership was ...

The Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center is undergoing transition, and one of the changes will include dropping ...

The U.S. Mint has issued new quarters celebrating the contributions of African American women. Ida B. Wells, Maya Angelou, Bessie Coleman, and Pauli Murray are featured.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott believes federal lawmakers should discuss reparations to right the wrongs of slavery in the ...

House Democrats are preparing a push for reparations under President Donald Trump this week, saying the resolution is a ...

That’s because Riley, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, knew the ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

In the poll — which sampled 48,981 U.S. adults throughout 2024 — 64% of Black respondents said they have confidence in their local police force. This is up from 58% in 2023 and 55% in 2022. In 2021, ...

Dr. Donna Patterson explains how social factors, not genetics, drive heart disease disparities among African Americans and ...