“The children of negro spirituals got to be the blues and then came jazz and R&B, and all of them used what was developed in the spiritual which was improvisation,” Jones said. The beats and melodies ...

Gabriel Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church can trace its roots back to 1866. It was built by freed Black families in Cuffeytown, the oldest self-sustaining African American community in Virginia.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Artist Tahj “Queen Tahj” Williams rarely cruises through downtown New Orleans, but recently she did, ...

It’s not that easy to just do away with Black History Month. Almost 47 million Americans claim African American heritage, ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, retiring Archbishop of Washington, D.C., will join Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark ...

Growing up, I hated going to Sunday school. My parents waking me up too early on a weekend to attend a class that gave no report card and put me right back to sleep? No thanks. As an adult ...

A fierce debate has erupted over Sunday retail operations at the American Dream Complex in East Rutherford, as Bergen County officials accuse the mall of violating the county’s long-standing Blue Laws ...

David E. Sanger has covered five American presidents, and often writes about the intersection of technology, national security and politics. Donald Trump said on Sunday he will issue an executive ...

A Zimbabwean mother in Limpopo is overjoyed as her two children are finally accepted at a South African school after years of being denied entry due to a lack of documentation. As reported by ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A school safety officer arrested an armed adult at the Legacy Traditional School's east campus Thursday afternoon. Officials say the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Daniel ...

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said Thursday morning that he is "confident" that a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal can still be "implemented" Sunday as ...