A poignant photo exhibit at Austin’s Bullock Museum documents the Rosenwald Schools, 470 of which once operated across Texas, and whose alumni nationwide included Maya Angelou and John Lewis.
The Black professional class has supported its members from the end of slavery to modern times by developing institutions ...
Gun violence compounds with each passing day and permeates every aspect of life. The tragedy of mass shootings happening in ...
Americans and South Africans argued about who inspired Tyla's aesthetic, where Mzansi fans claimed Lebo Mathosa, while Americans brought up Beyoncé.
A man who was born into slavery in Virginia went on to pastor at the very first Baptist Church for African Americans in ...
Columnist Suzette Hackney talked to Black women around the country about how they're recovering from the 2024 election and ...
"The flight was delayed for hours while we waited for the seat belt extender. It felt like everyone was looking at me with ...
The Great Migration is now history, but the lessons learned from a study of its pioneers can accelerate Detroit’s future ...
OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - Explore the challenges faced by African Americans caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s through the lenses of two veteran photographers living through it.
Preservationists seek to restore Cemetery School building that served Black children from 1941 to 1962 prior to desegregation ...
The right of all Americans to pursue happiness may be inalienable, but it has little meaning when so many are denied the basic tools to use it.
"Failure is a word I simply don't accept," said John Harold Johnson in an interview once. He faced obstacles and controversy his entire life, but the Arkansas native rose from deep poverty to becoming ...