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

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

Mikal Elamin was sworn in as police chief and Derek Bryant as fire chief in Matteson, the first African Americans in those ...

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

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

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

An international team of researchers has made a key discovery: many children and young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa diagnosed ...

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

The 23rd edition of the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival kicks off Friday, running through Aug. 9.

Plans to build a $50 million museum in Huntington focusing on the African American community and their contributions to the ...

For the Apollo Theater, which was honored by the Kennedy Center in 2024 and has shaped U.S. entertainment for over 90 years, ...

Participants did not have islet autoantibodies and had significantly lower median type 1 diabetes genetic risk score.