California’s adoption of such “reparations,” recently also embraced in San Francisco, also seems a bit absurd, given that it was never a slave state. California, like every state, is burdened by a ...

Houston's African American Muslim community has shaped the city's religious and cultural landscape for decades—building institutions, reclaiming history and laying a foundation that would later allow ...

Now, nearly 60 years later, Ellwanger worries that we have yet to learn from the painful lessons of our history. He is concerned about the resurgence of White supremacy, the deportation of Hispanics ...

The exhibit focuses on the Black struggle for civil rights in Los Angeles through the work of Los Angeles-based photographers ...

The persistence of redlining and segregation locally can be seen today. A map Carpenter created that overlays current day ...

Tribal citizens whose Black ancestors were enslaved by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma are starting to see more inclusive access to Native American health care, education and other ...

The Birmingham Museum of Art is calling on the public to help locate the missing works of Corietta Mitchell, the first Black artist to have an exhibition at the museum during the segregation era.

A first-of-its-kind report was released this week by the state commission formed to research Illinois’ role in past racial injustice. The Illinois African Descent-Citizens ...

Gabriella Karefa-Johnson attends the Marni Fall/Winter 2026 Fashion Show during the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter ...

In 1952, Norman Francis became one of only two Black students admitted to Loyola’s law school. He blazed trails.

For decades, only white people were allowed to swim in a North Carolina outdoor pool, until 1962, when four Black teenagers ...

A Black little league team that got invited to the 1963 Little League World Series but never got to go because of segregation is finally getting recognition.