A teacher in Florida has resigned after he says a school district employee removed photos of historic Black American figures from a bulletin board in his classroom. Michael James, the teacher,...

A century-old racial injustice was righted on Wednesday when the deed to Los Angeles County beachfront property that had been taken from an African-American couple was ceremoniously returned to their...

i People participate in a "March For Justice" rally that was sponsored by more than 100 churches to demand social justice for African Americans March 28, 2015, in Detroit.(Photo by Bill...

"What does it mean to be freed?" one child asked a parent. "Were people really that mean?" a mother recalled her children saying. Amid the parades, pageants, carnivals and cookouts for Juneteenth, a holiday...

  Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities and director of the Program in African American Studies, discusses the history of Juneteenth and the importance of marking the holiday. What is...

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Langley delivers a speech onboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), during the Fleet Week New York reception ceremony in the hangar bay,...

President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, back, help Herman Shaw, 94, a Tuskegee Syphilis Study victim, during a news conference on May 16, 1997. A New York-based philanthropy is apologizing...