James Lloydovich Patterson, child star of Soviet-era film, dies at 91. The son of an African American father and a Russian mother, he starred at age 3 in a propaganda film mythologizing Soviet ...

The College Board on Wednesday finalized a plan for its new Advanced Placement course in African American studies, omitting mention of some left-leaning figures from an earlier draft that in ...

James Lloydovich Patterson, the son of an African American father and a Russian mother who became a celebrated child actor of the Stalinist era for his role in a 1930s propaganda film ...

'American African' identity is explored by U.S ... a Rhode Island-based artist who is the American-born son of a Ghanaian mother and a Nigerian father. ... (where Okokon often visited as a child).

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and ...

Kwanzaa celebrates African-American heritage. Here’s how it came to be—and what it means today. Since its founding in 1966, the weeklong holiday has been observed with candle lighting ...

From 1975 to 1985, my father “stole” another American job, when he worked as a janitor in a manufacturing factory. The factory produced chrome wheels for automobiles.

The son of a black US soldier, stationed in Dorset during World War Two, has paid a remembrance tribute to the father he never met. John Stockley, 79, only recently discovered the identity of his ...

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, ...

Rapper Saweetie’s mother is of Filipina-Chinese descent while her father is African American. 02 Kelis. Singer Kelis’s mom is Chinese-Puerto Rican and her father is African American.

The 41-year-old alumnus of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts went down memory lane, recollecting how his father, Fela Kuti, ... It's 'un-African' to beat your child.