Cornish was Black. He likely didn’t know that the hospital had been founded two years before as Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the nation’s first integrated hospital, a haven where ...

Paige Wester, who lives in Newcastle, stirred up an online storm after calling out the everyday British foods she claims ...

Oops! The planned National Garden of American Heroes accidentally serves to highlight the importance of welcoming ...

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, the share of college applicants who are Black or Hispanic has ...

Assembly Bill 7, which would allow colleges and universities to give preference to students who are descendants of slavery, ...

American woman to hold the rank of sergeant major in the Army during 1972, had a community park in Edgewood named after her.

The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival will feature appearances by Issa Rae, Dwyane Wade, Debbie Allen, ...

Asian Americans are “Asian.” But for any number of reasons, it’s hard to imagine a great many Black Americans opting to call ...

Phylicia Rashad has joined the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton ...

I think I have found and ultimately achieved the American dream outside the U.S.,” said Adalia Aborisade, who swapped life in ...

The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Chicago Association of African American Storytellers are presenting freedom ...

While the U.S. has made progress toward racial equality since periods like the Jim Crow era, Black Americans still routinely ...