Mr. Pierce, the popular actor from shows like “The Wire,” said time is precious. He spends his shopping in Harlem, walking through Central Park and staying up all night listening to jazz.

A critically acclaimed new documentary's "subversive" use of bodycam and CCTV footage helps it detail a shocking ...

Baltimore community members and leaders gathered in Druid Hill Park on Oct. 16 with prayer and drumming to honor the 30th ...

If you want to see some of the best documentaries from around the world — short and feature-length — mark your calendar for DOC NYC.

In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.

But to educate you have to teach and you cannot be a good teacher until the pupil has learned rdquo; (Molefi Kete Asante PhD .

Federal health, homeland security, education, energy and Treasury Department workers received layoff notices on Friday, ...

In the last few years, Africa has witnessed a wave of paradigm-shifting events that signal a continent in transition.

Freedmen’s Town was one of the nation’s most prosperous Black communities settled by former enslaved families. Built in 1866 in Houston’s Fourth Ward, the neighborhood features original structures and ...

S pike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he's urging African Americans to reconnect with their ancestral roots on the continent.

The FAITH! (Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health) Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program is more than a decade-long community-based participatory research initiative aimed at ...