James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...

Two hundred guests recently celebrated the pastoral anniversary for the Rev. Damone Jones, who has led Bible Way Baptist ...

Fairview Cemetery is Staunton’s largest African American cemetery, and restoration work is underway at the historic Shea ...

Many in New Orleans will be celebrating the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, which was recognized as a federal holiday four years ago.

As the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, many African American churches and households across the country gather not to ...

The East Side Central Coalition, in collaboration with the El Paso Museum of History and the El Paso Community Foundation, is set to unveil the city's first Bla ...

Attorney Marc Isaacson, who spoke on behalf of Mount Zion Baptist Church at the Greensboro Planning Commission, said the it ...

Vera Mae Pletcher, 70, of Zanesville died unexpectedly in the afternoon hours of Monday, June 16, 2025, at her home, She was ...

Despite being less racially and ethnically diverse than the country as a whole, only 9.9% of Appalachians identify as Black ...

An exterior view of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the church is the oldest African Methodist ...

In some rooms, there is just a greater sense of what came before. At Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, which celebrated its 130th anniversary Sunday, everybody knows the history of the congregation.

Almost 35 years ago eternity visited historic Engel Stadium in Chattanooga. That was the time when an organization I led, the Chattanooga Resource Foundation, began to shepherd a move to have a true, ...