Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper is publisher and CEO of the AFRO-American Newspapers. This week, she speaks to the contribution of Black women in the world of sports.

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Unlike the efforts made to raise awareness of Black history in the United States, acknowledging the presence of Black people ...

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Here are nine iconic Black female blues singers who shaped and birthed the soulful genre as people know it today.

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Outside of historians, academics and the generational memories of Black New Orleanians, relatively few people understand the ...

The historical marker for the St. Louis Hotel, the most famous slave auction site in New Orleans, is placed at the back of ...