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

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

MSNBC's "The Morning Joe" panel blasted President Donald Trump's order to review Smithsonian museum exhibits as a "dangerous" ...

In his new book, “Aging While Black: A Radical Reimagining of Aging and Race in America,” Raymond Jetson, a former state ...

Illinois has launched a statewide initiative aimed at helping African Americans recover their ancestral ties to Africa.

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

A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...

Historians have uncovered a lost African American cemetery, revealing unique artifacts that tell untold stories of the ...

To African Americans, the rift is one sided because we pay little attention to the negative comments, but these long simmering tensions are now coming to a head because there is a call for us ...

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

The American Black Film Festival is expanding to four cities. In celebration of the festival’s 30th anniversary, the ABFF Pop ...

Edward P. McCabe petitioned Benjamin Harrison for an opportunity to show him that Black people "are men and women capable of ...