News

Started in 2020 as a five-year initiative inspired by the racial justice outcry following the police murder of George Floyd, ...
The American Black Film Festival is expanding to four cities. In celebration of the festival’s 30th anniversary, the ABFF Pop ...
After the Civil War, even as Reconstruction was failing across the United States, Black Americans in the South faced a choice ...
Twenty-four years ago, Stephanie Tavares-Rance and Floyd Rance had an idea to do a film festival focusing on Black stories ...
In his new book, “Aging While Black: A Radical Reimagining of Aging and Race in America,” Raymond Jetson, a former state ...
Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.
Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...
Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted Beninese citizenship under a new law that welcomes descendants of ...
In addition to establishing new sounds, Black musicians worked to advance civic life as well. They helped bring about the end ...
"If equity isn't built in from the beginning, then exclusion is baked in by design," said Raymond Jetson, co-founder of Aging While Black.
A new survey found less than half of U.S. adults believe Black and Hispanic people face significant discrimination, while ...
Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright talk with TheGrio about how the film turns a friendship into a mirror for economic and moral truths.