African-American News

How does the world comprehend a loss of such magnitude as Whitney Houston? There's no denying that we've lost a multitude of legendary musical talents over the last decade. Somehow, though, losing Whitney Houston feels like the first huge loss of an artist whose music I grew up with.

With some 770,000 New Yorkers out of work - at least 8 percent of our workforce - the last thing we... It is with both pride and sadness that I am about to deploy again to a combat zone, this time... Fatima Johnson, left, holds a book with her mother, Valoree Nelson, containing World War II-era snapshots of African-Americans that she found in the ... (more)

Some advocates are supporting the new project because they hope it will bring more jobs to the northeast Georgia city.

The eerie ghost-like hordes boldly parade on the country's most illustrious avenue in a performance that feels unthinkable in today's world.

The Garden State has grown racially and ethnically in the last decade, and according to the results of a Monmouth University/NJ Press Media Poll, New Jerseyans are showing an increased level of comfort with that diversity.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Gary Chenault, president and CEO of the United Way of Delaware County; Eddie Bell, Muncie fire chief; Yvonne Thompson, director of Muncie's Human Rights Commission; Jason Walker, Delaware County Sheriff's Department chief deputy; and Terry Whitt Bailey, director of the Community Development office.

Just in the last year, 96-year-old American artist Elizabeth Catlett has had her work featured in exhibitions from Istanbul to Mexico to New York.

To hear Dori Berinstein tell it, all she had to do was mention that she was making a film about... Marcus Charles of Suffern High School is participating in a Black History Month essay program Jan.

NAACP Bay City Branch Vice President Darold Newton, left, and WNEM TV 5 reporter Tia Ewing, center, listen to KISS 107.1 DJ Vicki Hill talk about Oprah Winfrey as an inspiration for her career during the 3rd Annual Continuing a Historical Celebration Through Magic at the State Theater in Bay City on Saturday evening.

A son of an Arizona miner, the Albuquerque-born Sanchez worked his way out of poverty as a rural public school teacher in New Mexico to become a pioneer scholar and education activist.

Given the recent controversy between Roland Martin and the gay rights group, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , surrounding some statements and Tweet postings of Roland Martin during the recent Super Bowl game; in your opinion the response of GLAAD to Martins' statements is: B: a justifiable, vigorous and vocal objection to a national ... (more)

Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is marking the Black History Month by celebrating the contribution of African-American leaders working within the administration.

A startlingly impressive collection of art work by African American artists is interwoven with the memories of artists who experienced discrimination throughout their lives and their careers in a documentary relevant to Black History, filmmaker Lerone D. Wilson's Colored Frames .

A new, revised edition of "A History of African Americans in North Carolina" is now available from the Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History.

Tampa, Florida - Imagine if there was only one day out of the year where you could take in the sights of the sounds of the Florida State Fair due to the color of your skin.

Julie Jemerson, foreground, and other members of the St. John 'A' Baptist Church rehearse for a concert of African-American spirituals Sunday at St.

It's Black History Month again, a time when schools celebrate African-American contributions and heroes.

But it seems that your race could at least give you a little head start - or hold you back - in the quest to turn the heads of the opposite sex.

Illinois children are caught in a "budget crossfire," hit hard by state budget cuts and a recession that left one in five of them living in poverty and 33,000 students homeless in 2010, a children's advocacy organization said in a report released Thursday.

The Illinois State Military Museum has expanded its exhibit on the history of African American soldiers in the Illinois National Guard.