While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW untangles how their ...

Travel hasn’t always been easy for African Americans — far from it. That’s why, during an era of segregation, “The Negro ...

Donald Trump said that “certain classes of people” in South Africa were being treated “very badly” and that he would cut off ...

This year's Black History Month theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community ...

Black History Month kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2025, and events throughout metro Detroit are honoring the history, culture and legacy of African Americans.

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Tucker Carlson says Meghan Markle was used as a proxy by "a whole class of people whose cart was being overturned by Trump." ...

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to ...

The award-winning pictures show sad and hopeful moments of children reminding us of "our common task: to stand up for the ...