Posts in category Black News

Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the …

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Bruce Bolling, a prominent member of a Boston political family who became the first African-American president of the City Council, died …

Associated Press PENSACOLA — Black children in five Florida school districts are suspended from school, arrested at school or given other punishments at a higher …

While Gabby Douglas has become an American darling with her two Olympic gold medals in gymnastics, another teenager has returned home with the prize, also …

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said it is “unfortunate” that a predominantly white church in the state wouldn’t allow a black couple …

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) _ Black children in five Florida school districts are suspended from school, arrested at school or given other punishments at a higher …

AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA — Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress but the GOP likely is still …

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the …

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics chief was reprimanded Friday and his radio show canceled after he made inflammatory comments about …