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Everyone knows that I’m a “black Republican,” but most don’t know why I left the Democratic Party. It was my disappointment and shame at what …

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – High school junior Rakim Williams has always known that rapping would get him somewhere in life. He raps at home, at …

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s work-related emails from her private account are now public, more than 52,000 pages detailing her tenure as secretary of state but …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Seventy two years have passed since Willie James Howard was lynched in Live Oak, Florida, decades before her birth; but the …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – More than a dozen people reclined on cots inside the clinic in the Haitian capital, a few so sick they were receiving …

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Three winners were chosen for this year’s Black History Month Essay Competition at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) …

One of the most famous venues for black performers a half century ago, The Sunset Lounge, is now owned by the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. …

  When people find out I am a veterinarian, the most frequently asked question is “Have you ever been Bitten?” My one word answer is …

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The opposition narrowly won Jamaica’s parliamentary elections Thursday, defeating the party led by the first female prime minister to govern the largest …

Although I’m not a fan of their methods, I understand why Black Lives Matter protesters operate the way they do. Their demonstrations, loud, obnoxious and …