A city mosque will kick off a five-day exhibition on the connection between Islam and Black history in the United States with a panel discussion at Morgan State University. The Muslim Community ...

Polk State College has canceled its Introduction to African-American Studies course, saying it violated state law. The law passed in 2023 restricts general education courses from teaching that ...

The Yale department that studies people of African descent in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America has changed its name to the Black Studies Department, after 55 years of being called ...

From Thursday's decision by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers in Doe v. Ohio Supreme Court: Plaintiff alleges that the Universal Bar Examination score required by Defendant Ohio Board of Bar ...

OCEAN CITY, Md. - African-American heritage is being honored in Ocean City with a new mural. The Henry Hotel is the latest recipient of a mural from the Beach to Bay Heritage Area, following Berlin, ...

Akiba Abaka, a longtime Boston arts professional, has been named interim executive director of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Abaka, who started the position on a part-time basis over ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

Tens of thousands of MAGA supporters gathered at State Farm Stadium in Arizona Sunday for the public memorial and funeral for right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk. And while African Americans mostly ...

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WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and others ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A ribbon-cutting Monday celebrated the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives’ move in to a new building, a much largest space it has long needed. The museum’s ...