Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of …

There are two camps of Mother’s Day celebrators: those who like nothing more than a lavish brunch/lunch/dinner at a restaurant, and those who hope for …

Cairo (AP) – For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugardusted cookies typically fills the air …

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, …

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in a ceremony filled with tears, music …

Atlanta (AP) – Dr. Dare Adewumi was thrilled when he was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlantaarea hospital near where he grew …

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Mwai Kibaki, the former Kenyan leader whose distinguished political career was tarnished when he won a second presidential term that was …

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) After a delay of nearly a week, the Florida Department of Education has released two examples that it says back up …

ATLANTA (AP) – Spelman College, one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women, is likely to name as its president an epidemiologist …

Washington (AP) – The Supreme Court has turned away a plea from parents to block a new admissions policy at a prestigious high school in …