He founded the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church there in 1794. Our mission is to empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, preserving, and sharing the complexity ...

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Chabani Manganyi’s courage in challenging the status quo has inspired generations of psychologists, scholars and activists ...

But when a much-decorated African American writer brings up these sadly ... Goldberg suggests that Coates spend five minutes on Wikipedia to find the Houtis’ slogan on Israel.

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Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Dean Forbes is a tech millionaire and chief executive of software solutions firm Forterro. He was named UK’s most influential black person.

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Hanson, Jr. spotlights the life and legacy of the late Julius Whittier, the first African American football scholarship recipient and letterman at the University of Texas at Austin, with insights ...

South Carolina is preparing to honor Robert Smalls, a former slave who became a prominent political leader, by erecting the first statue of an individual African American on its Statehouse lawn.