The activism of Black women often predated that of famous white suffragists—and still informs debates over what history is ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — As we continue honoring Black history, we travel to Somerville, in Fayette County, where a small Black-owned business helped pave the way for African Americans seeking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rod Sias remembers how deeply hurt he was when Louisiana lost its second majority-Black congressional district in the 1990s.

Gavin Newsom won’t be the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American ...

This August marked the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – the landmark United States federal law that banned racial discrimination in voting. But six decades later, many of its ...

“The political philosophy of Black nationalism only means that the Black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community. The time when white people can come in our community ...

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Campaign for Communities, which created a coalition of Latino, African American, low-income and environmental organizations working to educate, register and ...

The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans, used an array of tactics to try to suppress turnout among Democratic ...