Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to "keep the faith in a better day to come" and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the ...

Kamala Harris ran a campaign thinking that the likes of Oprah, Cardi B, Beyonce, sports stars, and Barack Obama would be an ...

Will banks, post offices and shipping services be open on MLK Day? Here's what you need to know for Monday, Jan. 20.

“Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently wrote. “Before the pen of ...

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

Across the next three years, 30 University of North Florida undergraduate students will get paid internships, training and professional development, funded by a $350,000 grant from the National ...

Michigan State University associate professor of history Dr. LaShawn D. Harris works to tell the untold stories of Black ...

Albuquerque NAACP President Harold Bailey died on Monday, putting to rest a half-century fight against racism and bigotry in ...

Tsedaye Makonnen’s ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration.

Monday won't only be Inauguration Day; it's also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See what to know about holiday, as well as what will be open and closed.

The historic St. Simons Lighthouse, a maritime sentinel of the Georgia coastline since 1872, looms over St. Simons Sound, long guiding ships to shore whenever the surrounding water’s mercurial ...