Benin has appointed renowned American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a seasoned producer and author, as its ambassadors for African-Americans in the US.The couple are expected to ...

Sacramento city leaders are looking to commemorate African American History in Sacramento by considering naming 12 historic ...

Despite being one of the most preventable and treatable cancers, colorectal cancer continues to claim more lives in Black ...

"African American technically isn't even what I am," he said. "I'm a Jamaican-born black person but I have taken on this label of African American because of where I live." ...

The Baltimore County Police Department has promoted Lieutenant Deneisha L. Seaman to the rank of Captain, making her the ...

Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...

Black Americans ages 18 to 49 are two times as likely to die from heart disease than white Americans, and Black Americans ages 35 to 64 are 50% more likely to have high blood pressure, ...

The Springfield Police Department (SPD) has proudly announced the promotion of Ofc. Jeremiah Lockett to the rank of sergeant.

Black Americans are about evenly divided on whether people of faith have a duty to convert nonbelievers, with 51% saying that religious people have this duty and 46% saying they do not. The view that ...