Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring ...

The latest employment report from the U.S. Department of Labor reveals a concerning rise in unemployment rates among African Americans, reaching 7.2% in July from 6.8% in May.

Bashir Akinyele has spent years advocating for schools to properly implement the state's groundbreaking Black history ...

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

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

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some ...

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

As part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation— a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that works to save U.S. historic ...

The exhibition aims to highlight significant historical examples of collaboration between Haitians and African Americans in ...

Bill Collins will forever be tied to the "most courageous and bravest" moment in University of Colorado athletic history when ...

"There are black people in every continent who are all over the world," explained Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, an African American studies professor at Northwestern University.

For more on the demographics of the U.S. Black population, see “ The Growing Diversity of Black America.” The number of immigrants to the U.S. who are Black has been growing in recent years (10% of ...