We offer both a major and a minor in African American Studies, focusing on the exploration of African American experiences. Our goal is to help you understand the rich history and culture of African ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets with influential African American figures, like Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Maya Angelou, to piece together their genealogy and disclose captivating facts about ...

Many African Americans have contributed their quota to world history. Their efforts helped to shape the world and made it a better place. These personalities have been celebrated and are still ...

John Hope Franklin, a native of Oklahoma, longtime professor and Professor Emeritus at Duke University as well as Fisk University and Howard University, and prolific scholar of African American ...

Federal authorities have arrested Jason Carney, an American who ran a charity to feed African orphans and brokered adoptions in Malawi for U.S. clients. Carney was detained Friday in Arkansas in ...

Ghana’s innovative Beyond The Return program represents a transformative movement enabling Black Americans to reclaim their African heritage through citizenship. This initiative marks a ...

The Lorain County section of National Council of Negro Women is preparing the next generation to step into the world with ...

African Americans have a higher cancer burden and face greater obstacles to cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survival. In fact, Black people have the highest death rate and shortest ...

In other words, twice as much. (The GAO defines the "all other" group as "Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and Other Race households. Other Race households include Asians ...

“I felt this profound disconnect with African Americans,” he added. When Hounsou landed his leading role in Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film “Amistad,” the powerful story of the slave ...