In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black ...

The Black and Indian Missions Office originated in 1874 as the Bureau of Catholic Missions, with wider goals added in ...

Morning Edition host Michel Martin talks with food historian Jessica B. Harris about the history of eating greens during the holidays and how it became a tradition for many African-American families.

Discover the significance of Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration of African heritage and culture. Learn about the seven core principles and why they matter.

Black culture is the algorithm. From Shedeur Sanders to Cowboy Carter, discover how Black enterprise and art defined the year ...

A shared molecular signature of Alzheimer’s appears across populations once studied in isolation. Alzheimer's disease (AD) ...

Critics argue that boycotting businesses owned by fellow Black people, regardless of origin, diverts energy and resources from the larger struggle against systemic racism and discrimination. An ...

Black New York isn’t buying it. A slew of black Big Apple residents fumed Friday over mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s claim on an Ivy League college application that he is African ...