The memoir details the life story of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...

Run Richmond 16.19, organized by Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou, will take runners throughout the city to honor the achievements of African Americans in the Commonwealth.

An 1854 act of Congress undid the deal that had postponed a national reckoning over slavery. Political struggle would soon ...

Long prison sentences are ineffective, wasteful, and do very little to help survivors heal. Consequently, society would be ...

Simone was one of seven Black venture capitalists who joined U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters on a panel at this year’s Congressional ...

Imane Ayissi's "From Africa to the World” at SCAD FASH displays haute couture fashion made with sustainable materials honoring the designer's African homeland and heritage.

BET and the National Urban League, a historic civil rights organization teaming up for National Black Voter Day –  a day to ...

COLUMBUS – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, the Ohio Department of Development and TourismOhio has announced the expansion of the Ohio Historical Underground Railroad Trail in honor of September’s ...

Last fall, Roy Wood Jr. took his seven-year-old son with him to clean out his office at “ The Daily Show .” Wood had been working at “The Daily Show” since his son was a baby. This had been dad’s ...

Once known as a thriving slave trading port, thousands of African Americans flocked to the city during the Civil War to flee ...