Black people

Trump: Michigan trip to include Black church and far-right activists

U.S.
Amanda Smith

DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump will use back-to-back stops Saturday to court Black voters and a conservative group that has been accused ...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is reelected for a second term

World
David Turner

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected by lawmakers for a second term on Friday, after ...

Election 2024: Trump campaigns in the South Bronx, trying to woo Black and Hispanic voters

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump campaigned Thursday in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a ...

Morehouse graduation: Biden tells grads he hears their Gaza protests

U.S.
Amanda Smith

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students’ anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling ...

Biden’s upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture

U.S.
Amanda Smith

ATLANTA (AP) — When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with ...

70 years ago of school integration after Brown v Board

U.S.
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On ...

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Trending
Sarah Wilson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for ...

Beyoncé shares ‘Cowboy Carter’ track list

Entertainment
Laura Davis

Buckle up, cowpoke: On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.” “Cowboy Carter” arrives Friday, ...

Texas school’s punishment of Black student who wears his hair in locs is going to trial

U.S.
Amanda Smith

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered Wednesday that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school ...

Harvard president quits: Claudine Gay resignation highlights new conservative weapon

U.S.
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The downfall of Harvard’s president has elevated the threat of unearthing plagiarism, a cardinal sin in academia, as a ...