Howard University and Google have partnered to create a dataset that will improve AI speech recognition of African American ...

Nelson Tillis was the first African American to settle in frontier Fort Myers. Family DNA points to the central African ...

Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities.

The Black Freedom Fund plans to expand to a $200 million endowment. It's a move that is rare in philanthropy and politically ...

MSNBC's "The Morning Joe" panel blasted President Donald Trump's order to review Smithsonian museum exhibits as a "dangerous" ...

Diaspora Africans in the U.S. fear the tax will make it harder to send funds for babies, food and health care back home.

Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted Beninese citizenship under a new law that welcomes descendants of ...

If equity isn’t built in from the beginning, then exclusion is baked in by design,” said Raymond Jetson, co-founder of ...

The Caucus of African American Leaders is hosting an Annapolis aldermanic candidate forum at First Baptist Church.

Three sites – the Tom & Ethel Bradley Residence, St. Elmo Village and Jewel’s Catch One – have been designated as historic ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...