After the Civil War, even as Reconstruction was failing across the United States, Black Americans in the South faced a choice ...

By suggesting that other cities, also run by Black mayors, may be next, President Donald Trump was “playing the worst game of ...

Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted Beninese citizenship under a new law that welcomes descendants of ...

MVAAFF founders Stephanie Tavares-Rance and Floyd Rance on centering Black joy, bringing tourism to the island and looking ...

Michelle Obama attends the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, plus Hilaria and Alec Baldwin, Nelly Furtado and ...

I think I have found and ultimately achieved the American dream outside the U.S.,” said Adalia Aborisade, who swapped life in Texas for Mexico City in 2017. Her sentiments are part of a swelling ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

The Economist/YouGov poll was released a day after President Donald Trump announced the federalization of the D.C. Metropolitan Police. Trump’s rationale -- rising crime -- did not match reality; ...

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black ...

A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or "coming home,” a phrase often used among the Black community.

Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.

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 ...