Discover the wisdom of ancient African proverbs and their relevance to Black history and lives today. Learn how these proverbs can inspire and empower.

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.

Despite the humor and subversion, Lamar sees the lawsuit as part of a long line of civil rights activism that has relied on the courts, from Black women who successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan to ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

Rosalind Morris digs deep via ethnography, history, personal testimony, and political thought to tell the story about the ...

This trailblazer was responsible for some of the country’s most striking civic and university campus structures ...

The SPLC claims that the African movement to defend the natural family is rooted in white supremacy and Western colonialism.

The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...

Altadena was a bastion for Black homeownership, but the January wildfires in Los Angeles have put these residents in a precarious situation.

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

Alicia Odewale, University of Houston professor, will spearhead a two-year project that chronicles Black heritage and ...