At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

WASHINGTON — Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month ...

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held her second briefing of the new administration, after which the president is ...

It’s the peak of white privilege. (And for anyone unfamiliar with the term, “white privilege” means that while white people have problems, being white isn’t one of them.) GOP once ...

to support the Civil War effort and Black and white civil rights activism beginning in the late 19th century. All month. “Innovators & Pioneers: Black in Fall River,” Fall River Heritage State ...

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

whereas a white man had no property qualification. By the 1850s, Weeksville is thriving. It's the second-largest community free Black community in the United States. It is the only one with an ...

Trump’s team has so far backtracked on one major move, a memo pausing all federal grant funding for an ideological review. The White House rescinded the memo less than two days after it caused ...

In one of three news conference Thursday morning, President Donald Trump delivered remarks from the White House telling reporters ... briefing at the top of this story. Arlington, Virginia press ...

Doris Youngblood remembers the excitement and sense of affirmation she felt as a young Black ... three-story structure not far from the intersection of Interstate 35 and NE 63. Another house ...

In a new video produced by the White House, the Trump administration blasted ... that I’m so sorry,” Gomez said in her Instagram Story video on Monday. “All my people are getting attacked ...