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Started in 2020 as a five-year initiative inspired by the racial justice outcry following the police murder of George Floyd, ...
The American Black Film Festival is expanding to four cities. In celebration of the festival’s 30th anniversary, the ABFF Pop ...
New single comes from the upcoming LP Saving Grace, which features songs by Memphis Minnie, Bob Mosley, Blind Willie Johnston ...
Edward P. McCabe petitioned Benjamin Harrison for an opportunity to show him that Black people "are men and women capable of ...
Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.
By Vera Opia The Ayangburen of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi, has conferred a royal chieftaincy title on an African American of Yoruba descent who traced his ancestry to the ...
Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...
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 ...
Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted Beninese citizenship under a new law that welcomes descendants of ...
Historians have uncovered a lost African American cemetery, revealing unique artifacts that tell untold stories of the ...
"If equity isn't built in from the beginning, then exclusion is baked in by design," said Raymond Jetson, co-founder of Aging While Black.
A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...