The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, ...

Researchers have determined the age and origin of a massive tree that was found at the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia in what ...

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The Springfield museum at the entrance to Oak Ridge Cemetery has reopened after a 16-month hiatus. One of the museum's new exhibits was created by a former Hollywood set designer. The museum's board ...

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 ...

(RNS) — W. James Abbington Jr., an expert on Black religious music known for his editing, teaching and playing of congregational music, has died at the age of 65. GIA Publications, for whom he worked ...

Spike Lee wants African Americans to tap into their roots in the African motherland. Spike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he’s urging African Americans to reconnect ...

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, ...

Following a nationwide, nine-month search, the Sacramento City council has chosen Maraskeshia Smith to take on the role of its new permanent city manager. Her appointment is effective January 5 of ...

OCEAN CITY, Md. — In celebrating 150 years, Ocean City is honoring key figures. A new African American mural was unveiled outside the Henry Hotel. Clara Smalls, a historian at Salisbury University, ...