The first national commemoration of Memorial Day is reported as May 30,1868, However, African Americans began honoring fallen soldiers in May, 1865 in a commemoration that hasn't always gotten credit.

Discover the hidden histories of Baltimore's historic Mount Auburn Cemetery through the stories of trailblazers like Roy Bond ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

Over 200 African Americans have been laid to rest in Taylor-Swinson Historic Memorial Cemetery without a tombstone or marker.

Current health statistics data demonstrate striking disparities, which are most evident between African American patients and their white counterparts. This disparity is greatest among male ...

No one champions Black art quite like Atlanta. Historically, the city has hosted the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF), an ...

Look where we are right now.” Obama’s victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing “mere” about symbols.

Between the 17th and 19th centuries, enslaved Africans and African Americans in British North America and the United States staged hundreds of revolts. Fed by a longing for freedom and ...