WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for ...

Four officers say the department weaponized rules around shaving to sideline those with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that causes razor bumps and scarring from shaving, accusing Nassau ...

Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, Black Americans are facing ...

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 ...

Zu Vernon, programming lead for the festival, joined The Metro on Wednesday to talk about what's in store at this year's ...

Patrick Newcombe and Azi Jones have received the Martin A. Dale '53 Fellowship, which provides grants to spend the year after ...

"Instead of actually looking to the church for solutions, we look to the world, social media, and so many other areas because we have access to them now.” ...

In 1995, the Akron African American Cultural Association added a health pavilion to the event to offer health and wellness ...

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the ...

American Airlines has, yet again, found themselves the topic of conversation following an unhinged passenger’s breakdown and ...

Since taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that forced businesses, schools, universities ...

Just like DC's "Superman," Black celebrities like Don King, Stevie Wonder and Oprah Winfrey have some of the best origin ...