Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...

A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...

Other African countries have attracted even larger numbers of African Americans. Ghana, which launched a “Year of the Return” ...

A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or ...

A Civil War veteran born into slavery in Louisiana is among nine Union soldiers with new grave markers at Greenfield Cemetery ...

Bill Collins will forever be tied to the "most courageous and bravest" moment in University of Colorado athletic history when ...

WALB News 10’s Riley Armant tells us how enslaved people who traveled the black belt shaped the agricultural landscape in ...

Illinois College student Jiech Bel has curated a new Malcolm X exhibit at Jacksonville African American History Museum, ...

A long-forgotten African American cemetery in Jacksonville, where World War II veterans and descendants of slave families are ...

The African American Heritage Festival kicked off at noon on Saturday, offering a variety of activities for residents, including basketball ...