Former President Barack Obama long ago surpassed the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton as America's most influential race hustler. The country got a reminder when Obama spoke at Jackson's ...

Skip” in Piedmont, West Virginia—turned a childhood encounter with racist medical neglect into a lifelong drive to prove ...

After more than a decade researching her ancestry, Shanna Ward published a book about her forefather John T. Ward, a formerly enslaved man who became an Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist ...

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy got married in September 1996, and their wedding is being retold in FX's ...

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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions,” the dizzying, daring feature directorial debut from Seattle-born Kahlil Joseph, defies easy ...

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will celebrate its 100th anniversary on April 30, 2026, with a major centennial gala. Honorees include Angela Bassett, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ...

Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests.” ...

7pm Friday BLACK AND JEWISH IN AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the relationship between ...

Mic rdquo; pickup of the Continental African Factor in Barack Obama rsquo;s parentage or, more appropriately, fatherhood that caused Harvard University rsquo;s Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...

Kristin Chenoweth was shocked to learn that she and her birth father Billy Ethridge had more than just a love of music in common, with the musician having taken part in various musicals in his youth.

Leaders should examine why so many young African-Americans have aggressively embraced the Palestinian cause, and its resulting antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Opinion.