Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort ... Smalls would see a new South Carolina constitution in 1895 wipe out African Americans’ right to vote in a convention led by “Pitchfork ...

While individuals with darker skin, like many African Americans, benefit from higher melanin levels, which provide some natural protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, this protection is not ...

Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” she continues to challenge perceptions, using the color blue to examine notions of Blackness.

With each announcement of a Cabinet nominee, Trump moved closer to assembling a team of advisers with a long history of opposition to policies that support Black Americans.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural Yuma County will become the first Latina and the first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.

“Nosferatu” director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct the sequel to Jim Henson’s the 1986 cult fantasy movie “Labyrinth” for TriStar Pictures, Variety has confirmed. Eggers is ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had an altercation with a reporter Wednesday noting Americans are “sick and f‑‑‑ing tired” of talking about Jan. 6, 2021. Punchbowl News reporter ...

We know the kind of damage that will be done and the lives that will be lost if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is put in charge ... Kennedy will erode the public health institutions that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases and contaminated food, and ...

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...

Robert F. Smith (born 1962) grew up in a primarily Black, middle-class neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. His parents, who were both school principals with doctoral degrees, instilled in Smith deep ...

Professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and former environmental and security lead in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Clinician, early pioneer in the modern study of the human ...

A rare lady’s platinum dunner ring with a lovely 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite stone, an oil on canvas painting by New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau... Original artworks by George Rodrigue (Am., 1944-2013) and Herman Frederik Van Hengel ...