In February the Office of English Language Acquisition and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans teamed up to bring attention to students that are often overlooked ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Founder and leader of the Grammy-winning reggae band Black Uhuru, Duckie Simpson, says performing at the legendary Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts has its ...

Being from Watts, California — a flash point of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement — Empress Akua knew from childhood the importance of having black heroes like Judy Mowatt. The African-American ...