Another pioneering African-American nurse was Jessie Sleet Scales, who in 1900 became America’s first Black public health nurse. Trained in Chicago, Scales moved to New York and, after trying ...

The Women Empowered to Live with Lupus (WELL) study is a trial conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) among African–American women with SLE. We ...

The daring and desperate acts of rebellion from New York to the Caribbean shattered contemporary stereotypes of enslaved peoples and challenged the institution of slavery itself. In 1811, enslaved ...

a neighborhood storied and celebrated for its rich African American heritage, culture and history. Playwright Jocelyn Bioh is shown in an undated photo. Jaja is about to get married, in what the ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS. Cleveland's African American community is almost as old as the city itself. GEORGE PEAKE, the first Black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 Black people living in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill Tuesday that would allow African American history courses to count toward graduation requirements. The bill would have allowed students ...

The cultural significance and roots of braiding can be traced back to the African tribes. There are many interesting ... and have been dated as far back as 3000 B.C. There are also Native American ...

ATLANTA – A black female model leans on a stool atop a platform in a second-story studio in the city's historic arts district. She is nude, stoic and motionless. A half-dozen students ...

Now, almost a month after he was rescued by South African Police “miraculously unharmed” following ... he's shocked that I'm in the car and he says, ‘Are you the American pastor?’ I said, ‘yes,’ and ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed African American history courses to count toward core high school graduation requirements.

According to leading genealogists, Pope Leo’s family history reveals a deep and complex African American lineage, with roots stretching back to New Orleans and Haiti. "I looked into some of the ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed African American history courses to count toward high school graduation requirements. The measure, which was introduced in ...