Southern redistricting could slash Black representation in Congress and diminish the caucus' influence in Washington, DC.

There is a dangerous myth circulating in some corners of public discourse: that the Black Power struggle ended decades ago. That it peaked in the 1960s and early 1970s with fiery rhetoric, militant ...

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For someone who has spent her entire life in Northern cities, my perception of life in the South has been largely shaped by the media – images of MAGA hats everywhere and headlines of Southern ...

These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large. These congregations are struggling to attract younger ...

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(The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through ...

In a new documentary, the opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for Black Americans to move to the South to gain political footholds. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Black history has never moved in silence; it’s marched, chanted, and sung through generations of resistance, pride, and unapologetic joy. Black power music serves as cultural documentation and ...

ONLY two years ago, the U.S. military seemed to represent the most integrated institution in American society. In many ways it still does. But the armed services, made up of so many conscripts and ...