Virginia schools do job of teaching the history of African- Americans in United States and Virginia, says Governor Ralph Northam. ..…

speech denouncing France's of Africa and continued efforts to Africa and African Diaspora may has cost Dr. ..…

It took the debates and Iowa to convince African-America voters that Obama could win it. ..…

One of the most ambitious attempts to critique in U.S occurred in 1951 when organization called Civil Rights Congress accused the government of complicity against African- Americans. ..…

Gopin, 23, spoke to JNS about this heightened sense of fear among her and her visibly Jewish peers after father, Rabbi Avraham Gopin, was attacked at local park on Aug 27 by African-America man. ..…

Prime suspect in the New York and Washington terrorists attacks, branded by the FBI as an “international terrorist” for his role in the African US embassy bombings, Saudi born Osama bin Laden was recruited during the Soviet-Afghan war “ironically under the auspices of the CIA, to fight..…

Abayomi Azikiwe, editor at Pan-African News Wire, made the in interview with Press TV on Friday while commenting on recent studies. ..…

“But they're definitely reflective of the practice and policies of real estate in the 1930s, practices and policies which made it easier for white, middle-class families to access capital and build wealth and a lot more difficult for African America(ns) and immigrants to do so.” . –..…

The story of African American and women serving in U.S military is one of lament and hope.  African Americans began serving in the military with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans and has continued until today. ..…

While United States indulges in orgy of introspection over the anniversary of enslaved Africans arriving on the shores of Virginia, it might be worthwhile reminding ourselves that that was then, and this is now. ..…

During this year's campaign, there was no shortage of conversation around race and voting, and political pundits often generalized about groups of voters, reducing, say, all Black, Latino or female voters into single shared mindset.. ..…

BY TEQUILA MINSKY  During National Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Judicial Awards Luncheon at Sheraton New York Times Square on July 23, its Judicial Council, with 200-some lawyers and judges attending, honored five judges, and well as New York civil-rights and social-justice attorney.. ..…

United States and Côte d'Ivoire to Co-host AGOA Forum Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. ..…

Each year since 1990, Roll Call has reviewed the financial disclosures of all U.S senators, representatives, and delegates to determine the wealthiest members of Congress.. ..…

Black immigrants and their children have long been part of the fabric of communities across United States from �Lift Every Voice and Sing� James Weldon Johnson to the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Opal Tometi, and many in between.. ..…

BALTIMORE The National Association for Advancement of Colored People, the civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded Spingarn Medal during NAACP's 110th Annual Convention taking place Detroit, Michigan on July 24.. ..…

On Wednesday, the issue of reparations for slavery will be a topic of discussionon Capitol Hill during a hearing scheduled by the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, its..…

CA State Capitol Juneteenth Watch Party ~ H.R and the Path to Restorative Justice.. ..…

Disrupt Narrative Centering African American Perspectives on Religious Freedom.. ..…

CHICAGO —   N'COBRA, National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations America, will be hosting its 30th annual national convention June 20 23 at Timbuktu Academy of Science & Technology Detroit. ..…

Jackson, who also is an African America, defended her vote Monday on NBC News, saying she believes abortion is a “modern-day genocide,” according to the Washington Examiner. . ..…

Charting the history of African-American disenfranchisement, Jim Crow segregation, the terror inflicted on African America through mass lynchings, up to the war on drugs and the plague of mass incarceration with the rise of the prison-industrial complex, DuVernay underscores how the..…

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan's President Omar al- Bashir, driven from power and now languishing in prison is more vulnerable than ever to decade-old international arrest warrant for war crimes committed Darfur.. ..…

She received BA African and African American Studies from University of Rochester and MA History from University of Iowa. ..…

In 2011, Libya was terror-bombed and attacked on the ground to destroy its sovereignty, plunder its oil wealth, privatize the aquifer system, dollarize the country, exploit its people, and establish pro- Western puppet rule.. ..…

Pope Francis named Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta as Roman Catholic of Washington, D.C on Thursday.. ..…

Lightfoot will become Chicago's first openly gay mayor as well as the first African America woman to hold the post. ..…

The American, George Mills Houser, while not known, was central to civil rights and justice struggles in United States, especially to liberation movements against colonialism and Apartheid Southern Africa.. ..…

In rare display of bipartisanship Congress, United States House of Representatives voted to establish commission to examine 400 years of African American history.. ..…

Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies educates about issues of gender and sexuality, promotes interdisciplinary research, and advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion... ..…

(Of course, the percentage of white voters who identify as Democrats is much lower than it is for African-America or Hispanic voters.) . ..…

Jeff Bourne, D-Richmond, African-America protested Northam's description.. ..…

Hanson Jr speaks with Strauss Moore Shiple, project director with the South Carolina's Olde English District,  and Louis Venters, professor of African-America and American history at Francis Marion University... ..…

Thank you Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, and Members of Committee for the opportunity to testify today on U.S toward Africa, and to my colleague and friend Ramsey Day of USAID here with me today. ..…

Rashida Tlaib To Head US Congressional Delegation To West Bank, Endorses BDS., News Report 0. 05 Dec 4 48 AM.. ..…

Henry Louis Gates Jr, chair of Harvard’s African-America n studies department, comments: “The black kids who come to Harvard or Yale are middle-class. ..…

President Donald Trump created the first national park to honor black people who in Civil War with the designation of Camp Nelson Nicholasville, Kentucky, as National Monument.. ..…

Shut Down AFRICOM, campaign designed to end U.S and occupation of Africa.. ..…

On the other side of Pacific, United States, seems to be moving in direction. Through series of policies and actions, Trump administration is driving foreign students away from United States. ..…

Newseum Displays Sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, First African American Woman to Cover White House and Congress. ..…

Philip Jenkins, Penn State University professor and one of the first scholars to call attention to the rising of Christians in the hemisphere, analyzed the in Anglican church. ..…

Amid wave of catastrophe engulfing African continent on several fronts, including the expansion of war, historic famine, and social and political upheaval, US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley embarked on three-nation tour beginning Monday, with stops Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of..…

Posted News, Students & Campus Life Tagged Adrienne Stephenson, African America, African-American, diversity, Florida State University, FSU, higher ed, education, Hispanic, Jackson Powell, Lawrence Jackson, McKnight Fellows, McKnight Fellowship, minorities, scholars, The Graduate School.. ..…

“She claimed that I treated her differently,” he began, and “the woman who did the investigation was also an African-America.” . ..…

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The Reagan administration's much-touted reappraisal of U.S toward South Africa unveiled Tuesday is most significant for its lack of any substantive change.. ..…

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa Tuesday recalled its ambassador-designate to United States day before U.S lawmakers were to draft legislation imposing economic sanctions against Pretoria.. ..…