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In 1995, the Akron African American Cultural Association added a health pavilion to the event to offer health and wellness ...
American Airlines has, yet again, found themselves the topic of conversation following an unhinged passenger’s breakdown and ...
Artist and historian Robert Louis Brandon Edwards is restoring a classic, 1947 Greyhound bus, planning on turning it into a mobile museum that will highlight the Great Migration, which saw ...
A longtime staple on Monroe Center in downtown is relocating to a nearby larger location “to fully display the vast and ...
What does it mean to love a country that doesn’t always love you back? Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album opens with “American ...
Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...
There’s something about Martha’s Vineyard in August that feels like a reunion — not just of families, but of ideas, artistry, ...
Zu Vernon, programming lead for the festival, joined The Metro on Wednesday to talk about what's in store at this year's ...
The National Urban League ’s annual report The State of Black America, published Thursday, offers a pessimistic look at the state of civil rights protections in the United States and warns “that our ...
Black Americans have been playing baseball for a lot longer than many people realize argues there’s at least one demographic ...
A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows that Black Americans continue to face serious challenges in ...
"African American technically isn't even what I am," he said. "I'm a Jamaican-born black person but I have taken on this label of African American because of where I live." ...