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Despite threats to end Black History Month programs and others at some federal agencies, groups vow to recognize it outside the workplace.

Former state Rep. Helen Miller, a Democrat who represented Fort Dodge for more than a decade in the Iowa legislature, has published her autobiography. Titled “I Don’t Swim,” the book traces her life ...

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Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

When James Curenton serves Mayflower Congregational Church, he is always mindful of the Black Church tradition and Mayflower's unique Detroit history.

FILE PHOTO: The first U.S. military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, who U.S.