Funeral plans have been announced for civil rights activist Ruth Ann Butler who died on Jan. 15.Butler, 81, was a teacher ...

Learn how melanoma impacts African Americans, highlighting detection challenges, survival disparities, and prevention ...

Across New York, exhibitions highlighting the work of activists, from the mostly unknown to the iconic, offer hope, ...

The Sharon Historical Society hosted a workshop Sunday afternoon to help African Americans learn about their family history.

Researching African-American family histories may present special challenges for the genealogical researcher. Fort Bend County Libraries’ Genealogy and Local History Department will present a special ...

Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to ...

On a memorial getting ready to stand outside an old schoolhouse built for Black children, Lonnie Davis is helping etch the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Henry Marsh III, Richmond’s first African American mayor, has died at the age of 91. According to the ...

When the Eaton Fire blazed through Altadena earlier this month it took more than homes and memories — it devastated a city ...

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 ...

Roy Cooper, standing in the Shenandoah County Library in Edinburg, looked down at a photo of himself — a young boy, no older ...

Raise a glass to Black History Month at Metrobar’s Cheers and Beers tasting. The Black Brew Movement and DC Beer collaboration serves pours of 12 different beers from local Black brewers inside ...