Philly is already in the thick of Fourth of July week preparations and festivities, with Wawa’s Welcome America lineup in ...

In 1965, the great African American author James Baldwin wrote about how the American Dream was built on the backs of black people. He reflected on how the US flag that African Americans pledged ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art's 'New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' presents the work of four artists who create ensembles for masquerading societies in West Africa.

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

Now more than ever, our African American identity is under attack. Last month, some federal agencies prohibited observances of Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth. This ...

At its best, flags can be powerful symbols. Flags can represent pride, hope, resilience, history, and the future. At the worst, they are symbols of hate and can incite fear and trigger trauma ...

Residents of a historically Black community in Ohio forced neo-Nazi demonstrators to retreat from a highway overpass, where they hurled racial slurs and ...

A group of demonstrators wearing black clothing, some holding Nazi flags with swastikas, quickly left a Cincinnati-area overpass when they were confronted by residents Friday, video shows.

The Baton Rouge African American Museum was founded and curated by Ms. Sadie Roberts Joseph, who opened its doors in 2001. Roberts’ vision was to showcase and educate the community on the ...

The state has designated these moments and more as part of the Vermont African American Heritage Trail consisting of buildings and markers commemorating significant moments in Black history ...

ST. LOUIS — The City of St. Louis joined Toronto as one of only two major North American cities to raise the red, black and green Pan-African flag in recognition of Black History Month. The f… ...

Instead, it points to a 2021 study on policing, which found that African American residents are less likely to cooperate with, and have lower trust in, the Springfield Police Department.