The Indiana Black Expo hosted its Juneteenth Celebration and Resource Fair Saturday afternoon.The event commemorated Africdan ...

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Andre Crockett launched a project to learn more about Rochester's Black history; some of what was discovered will be ...

Celebrate Juneteenth New York City-style with performances, workshops, discussions, family activities, screenings, and ...

The trailblazing architect who designed St. Mark AME Zion Church in East Chicago's Indiana Harbor neighborhood went on to do major projects.

"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

More than 500 guests at the Oklahoma City Zoo’s recent gala donned black and white outfits to “Waddle and Whirl” and raise ...

After the success of last years performance of "Walk on Water", the St. Joseph Juneteenth Committee have gathered residents ...

When Joseph Martinez and Louise Baquié and their two young daughters lived at 1933 N. Prieur St. in 1900 ... longtime locals of mixed European, African and Caribbean ancestry with deep ties ...

Leo’s maternal grandparents, Joseph Martinez ... Roman North Africa between the 2nd and 5th centuries, but there has been no confirmation that any of the three were Black. St. Augustine of ...

Both of Leo XIV's maternal grandparents, Joseph Martinez and Louise Baquié, are described as Black or mulatto in several ... colony with a significant West African population.

A member of a religious order named for the famous African saint Augustine of Hippo, Pope Leo XIV is also the first Roman pontiff of African ancestry since Pope St. Gelasius ... daughter of Black ...