WASHINGTON (AP) — Former First Lady Laura Bush is joining an advisory board to help raise money to build the Smithsonian Institution's planned black history …

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Monday was opening day for the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C., where a sit-in that changed America …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department opened an investigation Thursday into brake problems in the 2010 Prius, the latest in a series of safety troubles …

POMPANO BEACH — Leaders of the North Broward NAACP branch said this week that they are forming a new civil rights group after the parent …

OPA-LOCKA — Newly appointed Opa-locka Police Chief Cheryl Cason recalls a pivotal moment early in her career. The late 1980s scene involved a robbery suspect …

BOCA RATON — Officials with the former North Broward branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are reviewing last week’s beating …

This is the first in a series of accounts of Wanjira Banfield’s missionary trip to Haiti. In a makeshift hospital near Sacred Heart church in …

MIAMI — Since his 2008 election as the 130th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, John F.  White has joined the National Council …

MIAMI — Seeking to unite the residents of Liberty City, Little Haiti and Overtown, the Belafonte Tacolcy Center and other organizations hosted a bicycle tour …

MIAMI — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ricky Jean-Francois and Miami Edison senior Jensky Mezadieu had more than the love of football in common when …