It is not blood alone that binds Black Americans to this soil. America, as we know it today, simply would not exist without ...

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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture honored B Michael and his husband Mark-Anthony ...

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Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer, has moved home to Michigan to run for the U.S. House ...

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Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

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Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

Young people will never experience this in their lives again. I’m sure of it. In practice, it will be like a World Youth Day.

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On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I ...