The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African ...

Historian Anthony Stanonis grew up in New Orleans and attended Loyola University New Orleans. He has written about the ...

Holiday Traditions | 'Have something to pass on': Kwanzaa celebration connects Hornerstown family to their heritage Earl ...

Founded in 1966, the seven-day festival is a way for African Americans to practice community building and heritage ...

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent ...

Does a genetic secret explain why a devastating form of kidney disease affects Black Americans? In the summer of 2008, with ...

The Cultural Revolution continues apace in this country and it is aimed at all of the old Confederate symbols from statues to ...

A federal judge on Friday postponed a final decision on most of Arkansas’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the ...

Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can ...

RaMell Moss' 'Nickel Boys' and Malcolm Washington's 'The Piano Lesson' lead the nominations for the 25th Black Reel Awards ...

Samuels was ordained in 1888 and became a beacon at many churches in Shreveport, including St. Rest Baptist Church, St. Luke ...

Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Portsmouth, Public LibraryThings They Carried: An African Philosophy on War, Surviving ...