With Trump officials pushing to end diversity efforts, civil rights leaders and experts explain why Black organizations were created and still exist.

Williamsburg, Va. — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

I walked along the sidewalk beyond the library to the Lawless Chapel on the Dillard University campus and paused when I saw a single white hearse. One hearse for 19 people. One hearse for what's ...

From weathered cabins to restored historic two-story homes, a Juneteenth tour of 1800s-era houses traces Black Houstonians’ journey from slavery to freedom.

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and under trees in defiance of laws that prevented African Americans from ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Enslaved Black people were banned from reading and writing and even those who had their freedom couldn't always access formal schooling, so African Americans began founding colleges ...