Five years ago, community organizers spoke with WUNC about being Black in America and the change they wanted to see in the ...

Approximately 7 million African Americans experience mental illness in a given year, according to Mental Health America, but only a small fraction get adequate treatment. Psychiatry.org notes just one ...

As Pride Month begins, hip-hop and pop music icon Lizzo is using her platform to spotlight the roots of the LGBTQ+ movement and call for continued activism. In a heartfelt Instagram post on June 2, ...

Unlike the efforts made to raise awareness of Black history in the United States, acknowledging the presence of Black people ...

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer — a time for backyard barbecues, sun-soaked ...

In His Own Words," Hanson unpacks the South African president's Oval Office meeting with President Trump. "This is not the ...

Discover Jabari Jefferson's 'Sacred Spaces' solo exhibition at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum. A tribute to African ...

More than 8,300 U.S. service members who gave their lives during World War II are buried at the American Cemetery in ...

Look where we are right now.” Obama’s victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing “mere” about symbols.

A fire set at a historic African American church in Tennessee that had ties to the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was ...

a neighborhood storied and celebrated for its rich African American heritage, culture and history. Playwright Jocelyn Bioh is shown in an undated photo. Jaja is about to get married, in what the ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...