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June 14, 2019 at 12:18 pm

AP Explains: Juneteenth celebrates end of slavery in the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery...

May 28, 2019 at 8:26 am

Lonnie Bunch to become new Smithsonian Institution leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Lonnie Bunch started working on the Smithsonian's first black museum, he had no collection, no building and one employee. The Smithsonian...

May 6, 2019 at 8:10 am

National Urban League focusing on minority voting for 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voter suppression and Russian interference are some of the greatest barriers to minority voting in 2020, the National Urban League said Monday....

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2019. (Al Drago/The New York Times) XNYT138 XNYT138

April 9, 2019 at 7:57 am

Poll: Most Americans say Trump makes race relations worse

Almost 3 out of 5 Americans, or 58%, say race relations in the U.S. are generally bad, and 56% of those in the Pew Research...

March 27, 2019 at 12:03 pm

More Americans say gov’t spends too little helping blacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record percentage of Americans — including growing percentages of whites, blacks, independents, Democrats and Republicans — say they believe the U.S....

February 7, 2019 at 9:37 am

Researchers seek fuller picture of first Africans in America

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Africans to arrive in English-controlled North America were so little noted by history that many are known today by only...

Demonstrators gather outside the governor’s mansion in Richmond, Va., Feb. 4, 2019. Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his cabinet on the morning of Feb. 4 as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that he may have appeared in blackface or in Ku Klux Klan robes. (Parker Michels-Boyce/The New York Times) XNYT56 XNYT56

February 4, 2019 at 2:37 pm

Explaining the outrage: Racist history of American blackface began in the 1830s

Blackface minstrelsy is considered by some to be the first uniquely American form of entertainment. It became immensely popular in the 1830s, but it was...

January 23, 2019 at 12:35 pm

Jackson Lee steps down from 2 leadership posts after lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is stepping down from two leadership positions following a lawsuit from a former employee who...

December 19, 2018 at 2:14 pm

Black leaders forged alliance with Trump on sentencing deal VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rare bipartisan deal in Congress to overhaul federal sentencing laws passed after a few black ministers, leaders and lawmakers forged an...

December 6, 2018 at 11:34 am

2 deadly shootings send a chill through black gun owners WATCH

ODENTON, Md. (AP) — Gun-rights advocates like to say, "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy...

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