"If equity isn't built in from the beginning, then exclusion is baked in by design," said Raymond Jetson, co-founder of Aging ...

Twenty-four years ago, Stephanie Tavares-Rance and Floyd Rance had an idea to do a film festival focusing on Black stories ...

After the Civil War, even as Reconstruction was failing across the United States, Black Americans in the South faced a choice ...

And, like the Met’s exhibition examining dandyism and Black men’s fashion as a form of cultural power, the Polo Ralph Lauren ...

Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted Beninese citizenship under a new law that welcomes descendants of ...

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

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

Chicago’s ability to embrace diversity and unity led to the election of its first Black mayor, Harold Washington, powered by ...

Most famously, the acclaimed filmmaker’s 1958 samurai/action-adventure film “The Hidden Fortress” was the primary influence for George Lucas when he made “Star Wars.” In the Kurosawa film, two ...

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

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

Robert Woodson, a longtime civil rights activist, urged the nation to "disregard race in how we judge one another" before it leads to "national ruin." ...