Trump’s return to office on MLK Day feels like a rebuke of everything King stood for and fought for: his personal decency and dignity as well as his ethical, moral and spiritual nobility. Trump’s ...

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...

Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...

Arguing for the states on Thursday, Washington assistant attorney general Lane Polozola called that “absurd,” noting that neither those who have immigrated illegally nor their children ...

Join us as we honor the rich history and contributions of African Americans during Black History Month. Our special television programming lineup features a collection of powerful historical ...

CHICAGO - The State of Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission (ADCRC) announces the fourth stop on its nine-part series of statewide ...

The orders encompass everything from migration to TikTok to climate change and could have major implications for our communities.

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.

Dianne Harris, who is a Selma native and a Civil Rights Tour Guide within the city spoke to a group of adults through an organization called Road Scholars about her journey as a freedom fighter and a ...