"Helping families reach self-sufficiency requires compassion, patience, determination — and resources," writes Karen Tilkin, ...

What is Alabama famous for? Southern hospitality, civil rights history, peanuts and pecan pie are things to experience in ...

Remember Rosa Parks? She took a stand to bring attention to racism and discrimination against black Americans by sitting at ...

Rosa Parks' mugshot remains one of the defining images of the civil rights movement. However, it wasn't taken on the day she ...

By T.J. Ray Columnist Rosa Parks has been much on my mind of late. A while ago I sat on a five-gallon plastic bucket on the ...

Beyond well-known observances lies a rich tapestry of cultural commemorations honoring African American heritage, resilience, ...

Carolyn M. Brown will present STORMÉ plus Bernard Taylor presents JOHN STILLWAGGON at The Sargent Theatre of the American ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is ...

Trump and other conservatives have railed against what they see as inappropriate focus by national parks and other historical sites on America's history of enslavement, land theft and discrimination.

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., made history this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, the church ...

The sisters of Denise McNair, who was killed during a racist bombing, hosts lunch and learns with young activists.

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...