Former child star Raven Symoné has finally addressed previous comments she made about not identifying as African-American. Symoné took to the podcast she shares with […] ...

American Experience interviewed writer, Vernon Jarrett, in 1999. Below, read excerpts from his interview. What was it like to be African American in the late 1930s? Well, I was rather young in the ...

Many African-American women were delighted when a mixed-race American woman married a real prince - but times have changed. The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, both died of ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

The first African American president and the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater have much more in common than their success. Both have risen to the pinnacle of ...

A sensitivity to that is at the heart of my practice. The Museum of African American History and Culture will sit right next to the Washington Monument, and will likely be the last museum ...

South African police officers investigate after rescuing kidnapped American missionary Josh Sullivan ... years in Niger speaks out in 1st televised interview The incident unfolded at about 7 ...