In July, von Bernewitz helped organize a moving tribute at Old Bethel Cemetery in Stony Brook, where the Grand Army of the Republic honored Abraham Tobias, an African American Civil War veteran. The ...

Some traditional leaders and locals attribute the unrest to the return of significant ancestral remains from France, believed ...

The Evergreen Negro Cemetery, a long-neglected African American gravesite, is being given new life, thanks in part to efforts ...

The same report found that 89.4% of SNAP recipients were U.S born citizens, meaning less than 11% of SNAP participants were foreign-born. Of the latter figure, 6.2% were naturalized citizens, 1.1% ...

Once envisioned as a cultural hub, the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility have stood mostly idle — leaving descendants and community leaders questioning the city’s promises.

October 16, 1995, will forever be etched in my heart — not just as a moment in history, but as a defining moment in my own ...

Eugene Vaught sits under one of those shade trees in front of Kendall A.M.E. Church located in an area of Brunswick County known as Dark Branch. The community’s name comes from “Dark Bay Branch,” a ...

A mission to mark unnamed graves in Mecklenburg County has led to the placement of over 180 flags at burial sites along Ridge ...

The traveling exhibit, which opens Nov. 2, highlights the work of designer Ruth E. Carter, the first Black woman to win two ...

If Office of Special Education layoffs remain in place, the office’s ability to monitor the constitutional rights of disabled ...

After a four-month restoration, the 1863 cast iron bell at Ebenezer AME Church is ringing once more, a powerful reminder of ...

George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a counterfeit $20 bill, died as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than ...