Discover the rich history of African American Christmas carols, including 'Mary's Boychild' and 'This Christmas,' that celebrate the story of Jesus' birth.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Judge Rudofsky agreed with the state that Section 16 of the LEARNS Act does not violate the equal protection clause of the ...

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 ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the ...

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