It looks back at more than 400 years of contributions to the U.S. by people of African descent, going as far back as 1513, when Juan Garrido became the first known African in North America while ...

African-American Identity: More than DNA Tests Commentator John McWhorter says he doesn't need a DNA mouth swab to know where he came from. He's content with his family history the way it is: He's ...

African American Museum opening: ... Behind him, the 400,000 square-foot museum stood as a testament to that notion. S erving as home to more than 36,000 artifacts, ...

These Pictures by Early African-American Photographers Did More Than Capture a Moment. 3 minute read. Black and white portrait of a woman in graduation attire.

"More Than A Picture" features more than 150 images from 80 well-known and lesser-known photographers who documented the lives of African-Americans. Their works showcase subjects who, in ordinary ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that more than one African American woman is being considered to be his running mate. Biden shared the detail during an interview on MSNBC as host Craig ...

The push to capitalize black to refer to African-Americans is far more than a typographical change. By John Eligon [Please sign up here to have the Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your ...

More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater ...

Data on police shootings, maintained by The Washington Post since 2015, has shown that African Americans are killed by police at more than twice the rate of whites. For more than two weeks ...

We know that Covid-19 is killing African-Americans at greater rates than any other group. You can see this most clearly in the South. In Louisiana, blacks account for 70 percent of the deaths but ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...