Just shy of 60 years old, the Fair Housing Act protects against discrimination in how people sell, buy, or finance their ...

He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles' "Formation" does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane Katrina, to celebrating Blue Ivy's adorable afro. Here, Yaba Blay, a ...

It’s in vogue to call the new movement to end police violence against black civilians leaderless. Historian and veteran activist Barbara Ransby argues that it has many leaders in the Ella Baker ...

Black Panther alumni celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Party in 2016. In this informal census we present the names of those who are still in prison, who were recently released and ...

There is no American History without women. Movements do not appear overnight; they are built in classrooms, churches, union halls, and the neighborhoods just trying to survive. Women have been at the ...

Alpha Amadou Diallo, a 30-something Bronx-based Guinea native, is trying to set up a credit union for folks who big banks ignore—poor, migrant and often-criminalized people of color. A by-the-numbers ...

According to the historians about the only thing that's true in the film is that working black women in the South often labored as domestic servants in white homes. Share ...

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

The author and activist discusses the evolution of her career, the partnerships that inspire her work and writing from the edges of her life. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

Hollywood casting practices force many Black actors into portraying caricatures at some point in their careers. The Undefeated talked to eight thespians who played "token" Black characters on ...

The New York Times looks at how Grays Ferry joined the environmental racism movement in order to save its residents lives. Share ...