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

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.

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

The Preserving Black Churches grant program is now accepting applications. This $60 million national initiative, managed by ...

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

A Civil War veteran born into slavery in Louisiana is among nine Union soldiers with new grave markers at Greenfield Cemetery ...

The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival began with a post on a Yahoo! chat room. In 2002, co-founder Stephanie ...

The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and ...

"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 ...