Camden residents will learn and discuss how slavery and Black people shaped American democracy on Tuesday after viewing an episode of an award-winning docuseries. Veronica Jones, founder of Diaspora ...

EXCLUSIVE: The DGA’s African American Steering Committee has announced the third class of its Learning Tree Fellowship ...

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Polk State College has canceled its Introduction to African-American Studies course, saying it violated state law. The law passed in 2023 restricts general education courses from teaching that ...

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are devastating illnesses that affect many people. Several of us worry about our older relatives developing these conditions, and for good reason.

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is approximately two times higher in African Americans (AA) compared to white/European-ancestry (EA) individuals living in the U.S. Some of this is due to ...

The Yale department that studies people of African descent in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America has changed its name to the Black Studies Department, after 55 years of being called ...

(RNS) — W. James Abbington Jr., an expert on Black religious music known for his editing, teaching and playing of congregational music, has died at the age of 65. GIA Publications, for whom he worked ...

Spike Lee wants African Americans to tap into their roots in the African motherland. Spike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he’s urging African Americans to reconnect ...

OCEAN CITY, Md. - African-American heritage is being honored in Ocean City with a new mural. The Henry Hotel is the latest recipient of a mural from the Beach to Bay Heritage Area, following Berlin, ...