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

The Black Freedom Fund plans to expand to a $200 million endowment. It's a move that is rare in philanthropy and politically ...

Three sites – the Tom & Ethel Bradley Residence, St. Elmo Village and Jewel’s Catch One – have been designated as historic landmarks, part of a multi-year effort to preserve African American ...

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

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

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

WASHINGTON — Most Black Americans say they’ve experienced racial discrimination regularly or from time to time, which colors how they view U.S. institutions like policing, the political system ...

Oak Bluffs has been a key center for African American culture and leisure for over a century, with origins tracing back to ...

"There are black people in every continent who are all over the world," explained Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, an African American studies professor at Northwestern University.

Black Americans cope with persistent racism, carry intergenerational trauma, are more likely to live in poverty, experience structural inequities in health care, and in the U.S. have experienced ...

African American writers, leaders, athletes and celebrities have spoken in support of Palestinians as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza pushes the number of dead past 26,000 people.

For more on the demographics of the U.S. Black population, see “ The Growing Diversity of Black America.” The number of immigrants to the U.S. who are Black has been growing in recent years (10% of ...