HBO's "The Gilded Age" has explored what it was like for wealthy Black Americans in the late 1800s in New York City.

Lamonier's goal of making swimming more accessible for Black people has been rooted in a history of segregation and lack of ...

Ralph Lauren’s Oak Bluffs campaign launched last week, building on a collection inspired by crisp styling ingrained in the ...

Other African countries have attracted even larger numbers of African Americans. Ghana, which launched a “Year of the Return” ...

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

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

Mike Tolin's upcoming doc, Unraveling George will have its World Premiere at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film ...

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

Former President Joe Biden warned that Trump-era policies threaten civil rights progress in a fiery speech to a Black legal group in Chicago Thursday night.

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

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 ...