A U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that the Memphis Police Department committed a host of civil rights violations, including using excessive force, making illegal traffic stops and disproportionately targeting Black people in the majority Black city.

Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District.

The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for the same job.

The Supreme Court is taking up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.

Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.

Few elections in the nation’s history have provided such a divide as this year’s, with the two major candidates and so many of their supporters saying the outcome will determine the fate of the country and whether it can hold to its democratic moorings.

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

Vice President Kamala Harris helped pack diapers on Saturday for North Carolina hurricane victims.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected.

Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Corie Murray interviews Sam Dolciné, a Haitian-American real estate investor and podcaster with great advice on building generational wealth.

Racial disparities in how schools discipline students received new attention at the outset of a national reckoning with racial injustice, but the results of reform efforts have been slow to materialize.

August is Black Business Month, a time to honor and support Black entrepreneurs who are making significant impacts in their industries and communities.

August is Black Business Month, a time to honor and support Black entrepreneurs who are making significant impacts in their industries and communities.

On the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t explicitly mention the racial and gender firsts she would set if elected to the White House.

This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The tear-jerker documentary “Daughters" follows four young girls as they prepare to reunite with their incarcerated fathers for a dance in a Washington, D.

On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk.

Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, is defending a false claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity.

A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors' land was taken.

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a California port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks.

Vice President Kamala Harris held events on successive days this week highlighting her racial identity and personal background.

The best of Black culture’s policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, business minds, health experts and, of course, musical talent are converging in New Orleans over the Fourth of July holiday weekend as part of the Essence Festival of Culture.

Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs" and “Hispanic jobs” prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population.

The Justice Department says Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.

Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month.

The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that the district discriminated against Black voters.

The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Oakland Coliseum to a local Black development group for at least $105 million.

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company.

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A Florida deputy's fatal shooting of a U.S. service member has jarred the former top enlisted officer of the Air Force.

The school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v.

The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

Voting rights advocates have created a new initiative to increase Black voter turnout ahead of this fall's general election.

The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the team's planned $1.3 billion ballpark.

Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer and Zack Wheeler struck out 11 in seven innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-1 win.

Gabby Douglas is officially back.

South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27.

Chicago is one of several big American cities grappling with a surge of migrants.

Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach shouldn't expect a warm welcome.

Donald Trump's visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant location in Atlanta near the campuses of prominent historically black colleges and universities electrified conservative media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats' most committed voting bloc.

Beyoncé has made history once again.

First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word.

Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.”.

Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.

Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government.

The NAACP said it sent a letter to “current and prospective members of the NCAA” on Monday asking Black student athletes to reconsider attending a Florida public university or college.

The U.S. Broadway tour of "Jagged Little Pill The Musical" is at the Dr. Phillips Center from March 19 – 24.

Fake images of Donald Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election.

About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

As we’re wrapping up Black History Month, I want to say thank you so much to everyone who shared your story ideas with us!

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

Supervisors in San Francisco have formally apologized to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination.

Tralove Lawrence opened Amour Du Vin last month. She said her wine bar is the first black-owned, woman-owned wine room in Orange City.

Black History Month was celebrated in the nation's capital with dueling events on Tuesday highlighting the divide between Democrats’ and Republicans' approaches to courting Black voters in the 2024 presidential election.

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary, notching a victory in the state that he pushed to lead the party’s nominating calendar.

Black lawmakers in California are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery.

NYPD officers will have to record the race of people they question under new police transparency law.

President Joe Biden praised the existence of Black churches while speaking at one in South Carolina.

This week on “Black Men Sundays,” host Corie Murray interviews David Dawkins.

A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints says that she also experienced discrimination from district officials.

Activists who engage with voters of color are finding lackluster enthusiasm after disappointments on some issues such as voting rights and student loan forgiveness during President Joe Biden's term.

Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024.

The FBI is investigating a white South Carolina couple for racial discrimination after they set a cross on fire in their yard facing toward their Black neighbors’ home.

The College Board has released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, which officially launches next academic year.

Georgia Republicans are advancing a proposed congressional map that maintains their party's 9-5 majority in the state's congressional delegation.

The American legal system has never faced greater challenges or demands for reform from people of all races and across the political spectrum.

The Bethune Cookman Wildcats and the Florida A&M Rattlers are set to go head to head over the weekend during the annual Florida Classic, but as events are going on small businesses say this is their time to shine.

A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth.

Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del.

People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in a generation.

Mississippi's long history of voter suppression has created widespread voter fatigue among Black residents in a state where they account for nearly 40% of the population.

A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers to try to figure out if 3D mammograms are better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers.

This week on “Black Men Sundays,” host Corie Murray shares part two of his conversation with Dr. Marlon “Doc” Fuller in which the pair discuss strategies for closing the Black wealth gap.

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, speakers called attention to a nationwide backlash against LGBTQ+ rights.

A sculpture commemorating the famous 1967 meeting of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other athletes — now known as the Ali Summit — has been unveiled on the site of the original gathering.

Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.

A federal judge says the court will swiftly adopt new congressional map for Alabama after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters.

Lawyers representing Black voters told a three-judge federal panel that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates.

The Supreme Court is allowing work to proceed on a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters.

A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation for Black voters.

A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to celebrate Black designers who haven't received public recognition.

The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states.

A Virginia town is settling a lawsuit that sprang from a Black and Latino Army lieutenant being pepper sprayed during a traffic stop.

Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election.

By some measures, Jacksonville, Florida, was making strides to emerge from its racist past.

The Biden administration is spending $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with private companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits.

The March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

A panel of federal judges on Monday began a review Alabama’s redrawn congressional map which opponents argue blatantly defies the court’s mandate to create a second district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the outcome of an election.

The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed another lawsuit accusing a second company of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations.

Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections.

A school district in Utah will pay $2 million to the family of a Black, autistic 10-year-old girl who killed herself after being harassed by her classmates.

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop.

Alabama has refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district.

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new academic standards for instruction about African American history, after numerous teachers from across Florida objected to the changes and asked the board to put the proposal on hold.

Another tough U.S. House fight is shaping up in California’s Central Valley farm belt.