America's entrenched racism is contributing to the growing life expectancy gap between Black and white Americans, research ...

The dance world mourns the loss of Judith Jamison, a towering figure in contemporary dance whose influence spanned decades ...

Even before his skull was fractured by an Alabama state trooper during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, John Lewis had, ...

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For historians of slavery, the origins of the modern world and the origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are one and the ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

On Oct. 19, over 75 family members, friends and colleagues gathered at “The Bates Farm” one mile north of Nicodemus, to celebrate her remarkable 38-year legacy as the founding President and Executive ...

Solidarity spurred students and people of color to call for American divestment from apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, and ...

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The ...

Here is a list of South African public figures who have gotten divorced. Like many, Nelson better known as the father of the nation, has had his fair share of marriage failure. After his release from ...

The four-day event, which was in partnership with Ascend Studios Foundation, U.S. Consulate General, American Business ... reaffirmed our mission to empower African creatives and foster ...