Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have found that better access to technology can go a long way toward achieving equity in ...

The recent employment report from the U.S. Department of Labor has shed light on a troubling trend: the unemployment rate among African Americans has climbed to 7.2% in July, up from 6.8% in May. This ...

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

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

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

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

A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or ...

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

The Martha’ African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) kicked off its 23rd season this weekend, celebrating Black excellence in ...

"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 ...

My dad always flew an American flag in our front yard. The blue paint on our two-story house was perennially chipping; the fence, or the rail by the stairs, or the front door, existed in a ...