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Kaneisha Gaston's ancestors helped build Davidson College as slaves. Gaston posed for a portrait in front of the Chambers Building on campus.

President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

When it comes to buying entertainment for ethnic viewers, there is no-one-size-fits-all concept.

With the IRS scandal dominating the news this week, "Saturday Night Live" closed out their 38th season with a political bang.

A new report on voting in the 2012 presidential election found that blacks in New Jersey, like those across the nation, turned out in greater percentages than any other racial or ethnic group and the youngest voters, those age 18 through 24, turned out in the smallest numbers.

The EAC was created in the aftermath of the disastrous elections of 2000 as part of the Help America Vote Act.

After taking a hard look at life in his tiny segregated Southern town, Robert Smith left home at 19 -- a man on a journey using only his heart as a compass.

When Louisville became the first city south of the Mason-Dixon line to require businesses to serve people regardless of their race or religion 50 years ago, teenagers were a driving force behind the decision.

When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities - a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.

Have you seen The Great Gatsby yet? If so, you've noticed just how big a role hip-hop mogul Jay Z played in producing the movie's score and soundtrack, which included several prominent African American artists, despite the utter lack of speaking parts for black actors in the film.

A leading narrative about this Broadway season just got challenged in a rather Kinky way.

Michael B. Jordan, seen here in "Fruitvale Station," has been talked about as a possible Human Torch in Josh Trank's reboot of "Fantastic Four." The internet has been abuzz about Michael B. Jordan's possible casting as Johnny Storm, aka the fiery Human Torch, in director Josh Trank's reboot of The Fantastic Four, due out in 2015.

First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, urging more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University to honor the school's history and to pass their commitment to education on to future generations.

Listen to Bobby McFerrin - onstage, warming up with his band - and it's like you're listening to an entire orchestra bubbling up through one man's body.

As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them poise, confidence and the courage to get ahead in a world deeply etched by racial discrimination.

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, urging more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University to honor the school's history and to pass their commitment to education on to future generations.

African-American entrepreneurs from all over the country have gathered in Ohio this week.

Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, which was founded in Detroit in the 1930s, speaks to Detroit City Council on Friday, May 17, 2013.

May 15, 2013 - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- What: Black Angels Over Tuskegee , an enlightening historic and educational production that chronicles the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen, the black World War II fighter pilots who successfully broke the racial barrier during the Jim Crow era as the first African-American pilots in U.S. military history.

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