Like many people across the world, 2020 gave me the business. For much of the year, I kept myself grounded in the fact that nothing significant had harmed my family. We were OK. Until we weren't. Just ...

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This June 19 as we recognize World Sickle Cell Day, we also honor the individuals and families that triumph over the disease on a daily basis and the communities like St. Jude Children’s Research Hosp

A Getty Images partnership will grant two HBCUs a total of $500,000 toward the digitization of their archival content.

Members of the Black Caucus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may be looking to be employed at other institutions.

Naomi Osaka announces she will not participate in Wimbledon, following her withdrawal from the French Open.

The NAACP of Florida is asking that the city looks into the missing burial site of Black Americans and Cubans who were not counted for after Italians acquired the land.

Tessica Brown is hoping to offer a solution to those suffering from hair loss and damage with her product line.

A Black woman and her children were attacked by a "Karen" in Brooklyn.

Opal Lee, a 94-year-old Juneteenth activist celebrates the news of Juneteenth being declared an official federal holiday.

President Biden signs bill naming Juneteenth an official federal holiday.

The Dungeon, where Outkast crafted some of their greatest music and helped to put Atlanta hip hop on the map, will now be available for overnight stays on Airbnb.

Gen Z inherited an overly-commercialized Independence Day and an under-recognized Juneteenth. It's our responsibility to reconcile that divide.

Chimamanda Adichie is engulfed in a public feud with two of her former writing students.

Texas is the latest state to place limits on how racism is taught in public schools.

Coming in a year of a pandemic, social justice protests, and conservative backlash, Juneteenth 2021 is especially meaningful: freedom cannot be taken for granted and it takes more than laws.

A Black man made history as the first-ever incarcerated person in Washington D.C. to win an elected office.

The Senate approves legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

The internet has an interesting way of finding humor in anything.

A Black HBCU professor helped other passengers detain a man who tried to take over the announcement system on a Delta flight.

In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate unanimously

Home surveillance footage shows a Black man apologizing after he mistook a couple's home for a temple before being shot by Hawaii police.

Exploring the hypocritical scrutiny of Black women through Mo'Nique's storied career.

Charles Barkley plans to leave TNT due to "cancel culture."

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