The two so-called "separate but equal" societies were never equal, and the "separate" part of the equation is misleading, too ...

At one point, there were more than 150 Black hospitals. Black hospitals, once centers of thriving Black communities, have fallen into a state of disrepair in the decades since the integration of ...

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Early this week a bit of cheery news was reported by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank: black segregation has hit its lowest point in more than a century — declining in all 85 of the ...

At 42, Tameka Bostick decided she wanted to learn how to swim. Bostick said she tried to sign her teenager up for lessons, too, but her daughter said she wanted her mother to learn to swim first. "'Ma ...

On a sunny New England afternoon eons ago, I sat in a Yale classroom with maybe 30 students awaiting the arrival of their professor, a native Texan named Charles Black whom I had come to profile.

The virtual event is free. In honor of Black History Month, the National Civil Rights Museum is sitting down with award-winning historian Crystal R. Sanders to host a virtual book talk on her book, A ...

Black people living in US states with high residential segregation have a greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) than those who live in more integrated areas, according to an analysis ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Coming Street Fire Station in Charleston serves as a physical reminder of the contributions and accomplishments of the Black community in Charleston. With its extensive ...

A mural in the historically-Black western portion of Coconut Grove with the unifying catchphrase "One Grove." Reverend Willie F. Ford’s church is emptier than it used to be. It’s not that his ...