Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

The Urban Institute analyzed changes in average life expectancy from 1990–2018 among Black and White people nationally and ...

A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such ...

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, 54, unveiled her official White House portrait on Jan. 27 following her ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between Blacks and the Irish in the U.S., which would be defined by social, cultural ...

Mississippi is the state with the highest rate of cervical cancer deaths in the United States. Black women in Mississippi are almost 1.5 times as likely to die of the disease as white women living ...

The U.S. Army on Friday released the names of two of the soldiers killed when the military Black Hawk in which they were ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet at the White House on Tuesday, a U.S.

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

The Defense Department will no longer use “official resources, including man-hours” to celebrate “cultural awareness months.” ...