Trial continues for an Ohio police officer charged with shooting a pregnant Black mother killed after being accused of shoplifting in August 2023.

Authorities say gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, killing one person and wounding six others.

An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.

Democrats have rallied against a proposed U.S. House map by North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh.

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century.

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.

A New York City judge has dismissed a civil summons against Alex O’Keefe, a former writer for FX’s “The Bear.”.

New Jersey's contest for governor is seeing some groups that traditionally support Democrats, like union and Black leaders, raising concerns about prospects in November.

It’s been 60 years since Dr. Dolores Johns became one of the first Black teachers of DECA in Virginia and Roanoke.

Mississippi police say an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office has concluded a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University died by suicide.

The death of a 21-year-old Black student whose body was found hanging from a tree on a university campus in Mississippi has sparked outrage and allegations online, even after officials said there was no evidence of foul play.

As Chicago braces for an influx of federal immigration agents and possibly National Guard troops, churches citywide are turning up their response from the pulpit.

Louisiana has abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court to reject any consideration of race in redistricting in a case that could bring major changes to the Voting Rights Act.

Voting-rights advocates are suing to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor Republicans in 2026 midterm elections, saying the map weakens the electoral influence of Black voters.

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of Black voters.

A federal appeals court says the NFL can be put on trial over claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination.

The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers.

Hulk Hogan's death has sparked mixed reactions, especially among Black wrestling fans and commentators.

The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

Roanoke City Public Schools announced Monday that the original Lucy Addison High School, built in 1928 as a segregated high school for Black Roanokers, was one of the nine historic places recently listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register.

The City of Lexington is preparing for a big event on Saturday.

Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades.

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience.

Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration’s tariffs on goods imported from China.

A new space inside Roanoke Fire Station 5 now bears the name of a local trailblazer.

As a fan, Shaun Horne is all about Detroit’s professional sports teams.

A husband and wife are on trial this week in federal court in Denver over what federal prosecutors have said was a stunt to help elect the first Black mayor of Colorado Springs.

The Virginia Military Institute is preparing for a major leadership change as Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the school’s first Black superintendent, will step down at the end of June. The Board of Visitors voted in February not to renew his contract — a decision Wins says he didn’t expect.

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides.

CBS' new soap opera “Beyond the Gates” has been renewed for a second season.

President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives on college campuses didn’t stop minority students at the University of Kentucky from staging their own celebration.

Pinstripes.

A Nashville high school student who fatally shot a classmate before killing himself in January was on probation after threatening a student with a box cutter three months earlier.

Black dandyism is finally taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply tailored style into the global fashion spotlight.

Opening arguments have begun in the case of three former Tennessee police officers charged with second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Black creators of some consumers products are rethinking their business plans as major U.S. companies end or water down their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Two families have been awarded $750,00 after a jury ruled that the owner of a Smith Mountain Lake campground discriminated against them because of the color of their skin.

Students at Michigan State University's law school have found that slavery is still baked into American jurisprudence.

The first thing viewers of “Beyond the Gates” see is a black Mercedes gliding past manicured lawns and stately estates.

Virginia is proud to be the home of the first elected Black governor in the United States, L. Douglas Wilder.

Market on Melrose will celebrate Black History Month with a series of special events focused on health, unity and the community’s Black culture.

It makes sense that Black players in the NFL think Black head coaches feel extra pressure.

President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs is leading to pushback from Baltimore's mayor.

President Donald Trump’s pledge to help make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality is viewed with skepticism by many prominent Black and Hispanic civil rights leaders.

In college basketball, the scene of an African-American coach cutting down nets to celebrate a national title is nothing new.

A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of civil rights icon James Meredith.

A U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that the Memphis Police Department committed a host of civil rights violations, including using excessive force, making illegal traffic stops and disproportionately targeting Black people in the majority Black city.

Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District.

The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for the same job.

The Supreme Court is taking up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.

Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.

Few elections in the nation’s history have provided such a divide as this year’s, with the two major candidates and so many of their supporters saying the outcome will determine the fate of the country and whether it can hold to its democratic moorings.

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

Vice President Kamala Harris helped pack diapers on Saturday for North Carolina hurricane victims.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected.

Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Racial disparities in how schools discipline students received new attention at the outset of a national reckoning with racial injustice, but the results of reform efforts have been slow to materialize.

On the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t explicitly mention the racial and gender firsts she would set if elected to the White House.

This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The tear-jerker documentary “Daughters" follows four young girls as they prepare to reunite with their incarcerated fathers for a dance in a Washington, D.

On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk.

Michael Brown’s death was the catalyst for massive change starting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, is defending a false claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity.

A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors' land was taken.

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a California port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks.

Vice President Kamala Harris held events on successive days this week highlighting her racial identity and personal background.

One of the first Black-owned medical practices in Southwest Virginia is being recognized.

The best of Black culture’s policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, business minds, health experts and, of course, musical talent are converging in New Orleans over the Fourth of July holiday weekend as part of the Essence Festival of Culture.

Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs" and “Hispanic jobs” prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population.

The Justice Department says Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.

Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month.

The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that the district discriminated against Black voters.

The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Oakland Coliseum to a local Black development group for at least $105 million.

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company.

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A Florida deputy's fatal shooting of a U.S. service member has jarred the former top enlisted officer of the Air Force.

The school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v.

The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

Voting rights advocates have created a new initiative to increase Black voter turnout ahead of this fall's general election.

The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the team's planned $1.3 billion ballpark.

Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer and Zack Wheeler struck out 11 in seven innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-1 win.

Gabby Douglas is officially back.

South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27.

Chicago is one of several big American cities grappling with a surge of migrants.

Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach shouldn't expect a warm welcome.

Donald Trump's visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant location in Atlanta near the campuses of prominent historically black colleges and universities electrified conservative media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats' most committed voting bloc.

Beyoncé has made history once again.

First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word.

Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.”.

Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.

Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government.

Fake images of Donald Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election.

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

Supervisors in San Francisco have formally apologized to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination.

Black History Month was celebrated in the nation's capital with dueling events on Tuesday highlighting the divide between Democrats’ and Republicans' approaches to courting Black voters in the 2024 presidential election.

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary, notching a victory in the state that he pushed to lead the party’s nominating calendar.

Black lawmakers in California are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery.