When Virginia state agencies file their required annual reports on diversity and inclusion programs, they rarely mention race ...

Dowling Watford, left, and Glenn Bakels, right, stand in Riverbend Park, once the spot where the U.S. Army battled Seminoles ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — The Indiana Black Expo hosted its Juneteenth Celebration and Resource Fair Saturday afternoon. The event commemorated African American freedom and emphasized ...

2025 African American Legacy Award — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 10, The History Museum, 897 W. Thomas St. Rafael Morton, St. Joseph County commissioner, will be honored with The History Museum’s ...

Sidney H. Cates III, the first Black deputy chief for the New Orleans Police Department, died peacefully in his home Saturday. He was 94. Cates's death was announced in a news release Wednesday night.

There were three popes from Roman North Africa between the 2nd and 5th centuries, but there has been no confirmation that any of the three were Black. St.

The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name as Bishop of Rome. He is the first American pope and the first of African ...

What is St. Joseph's Night and how the Mardi Gras Indians honor the catholic tradition? The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking ...

Black Marylanders to Watch 2025: Dr. Troy Abernathy, St. Joseph Medical Center pediatrics chief By Christine Condon | Maryland Matters PUBLISHED: February 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM EST ...

In the Virgin Islands and on Puerto Rican soil over 100 years ago, a child was born who gave his contribution to Black history. His name was Arthur A. Schomburg, born in 1874 to Mary Joseph, a woman ...