African penguins may identify their partners by the patterns of spots the birds sport on their chests. This is the first time researchers have pinned down a feature that any bird uses for visual ...

In 1871, Henry D. Schmidt, a New Orleans doctor, “gifted” the crania of 19 formerly enslaved African American and mixed-race individuals to Dr. Emil Ludwig Schmidt at the University of Leipzig ...

Oral histories preserve African Americans' takes on life, in the Crescent City and across the U.S. Database is available through the New Orleans public library. BY ROBERT S. WOLF Contributing writer.

What African Americans Need to Know About Lupus Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Taneia Surles on August 21, 2024 Lupus rash on Black skin ...

After their bodies were dismembered over a century ago and their skulls sent to Germany in racially-biased phrenology research, the remains of 19 African Americans have been returned to New ...

Speaking to The Baltimore Sun during a news conference Wednesday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said systemic inequalities from slavery still exist 160 years after its abolition.

On Sunday, February 9, Spotlight will broadcast its 2025 Black History Month special celebrating African Americans and labor (all types of work), past and present.

The Washington Post weighed in on a recent poll showing that more African Americans approved of Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action in schools than disapproved.

This year’s AJC Black History Month series, marking its 10th year, focused on the role African Americans played in building Atlanta and the overwhelming influence that has had on American culture.

The significant increase in estimated risk means that roughly 514,000 Americans could develop dementia this year alone, with projections rising to approximately 1 million new cases annually by 2060.

Democratic lawmakers said that part of the solution in fighting against diseases disproportionately affecting African Americans is by focusing on curtailing food deserts around the country. In a ...

An African-American family on Coney Island in the mid-19th century -- an image that reflect's Brooklyn's rich and little-known African-American history. Brooklyn Museum, Long before it became the ...