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WNYC has been taking a close look at affordability in New York, one neighborhood at a time. Now, we're zeroing in on East Harlem, also called El... [Read More]

Black Astronaut Jeanette Epps Still Doesn't Know Why NASA Cancelled Her Historic Mission This Year

4 hr ago MSN

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, who was slated to be the first African-American spacefarer to serve as a long-term crew member on the International Space Station... [Read More]

Freed Mill takes on police brutality at BET Awards

4 hr ago France 24

Rapper Meek Mill, free after a controversial jail sentence, returned to the stage Sunday with a vigorous attack on police brutality as he premiered a... [Read More]

Scotlandville church celebrates 101st anniversary

Sunday, June 24 - 2:43 PM WAFB CBS Baton Rouge - Robbie Reynold

The Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church on Scenic Highway was founded in 1917, the first church in the Scotlandville area to serve the African American... [Read More]

First church in Scotlandville area to serve African American community celebrates 101 years

Sunday, June 24 - 2:43 PM KPLC NBC Lake Charles - Robbie Reynold

The Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church on Scenic Highway was founded in 1917, the first church in the Scotlandville area to serve the African American... [Read More]

Jeanette Epps would have been the first black astronaut to live on the Space Station, but NASA bumped her, and she says they never told her why

Sunday, June 24 - 2:13 PM Business Insider - Matthew Michaels

Jeanette Epps was about to become the first African American to live at the International Space Station. But NASA announced in January it was replacing... [Read More]

'A party in transition': Maryland Democratic field includes many potential firsts

Sunday, June 24 - 1:17 PM Washington Post - Rachel Chason

The party's diverse slate includes two candidates to be the state's first African American governor. A political science expert said Democrats are "slowly confronting changing... [Read More]

Facing an Uncomfortable Truth: Documentary uncovers the history of African-American Catholics

Sunday, June 24 - 11:55 AM WAVE NBC Louisville - Katelyn Hempel

The film dives into the history of the early Catholic Church and African Americans in central Kentucky. [Read More]

Hundreds Shut Down Highway Protesting Police Killing of Antwon Rose

Sunday, June 24 - 9:01 AM Democracy Now!

In Pennsylvania, hundreds of protesters in East Pittsburgh shut down a major highway overnight for five hours to protest the police killing of Antwon Rose,... [Read More]

VIDEO: Chautauqua opens with Bombeck

Sunday, June 24 - 7:36 AM Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune - J.D. Pooley

Susan Marie Frontczak stayed in character as Erma Bombeck during this interview Tuesday evening at the Ohio Chautauqua 2018 tour in Rossford. Bombeck was a... [Read More]

Tiny house with big echoes: Inside a pioneering African-American dwelling in Dalton

Sunday, June 24 - 6:05 AM Berkshire Eagle - Larry Parnass - DALTON

A project to save the only home of Dalton's early African-American residents is nearly complete. But a woman who tidies up reports that one outside... [Read More]

Historic Montgomery County church built by African-Americans celebrates 150th anniversary

Sunday, June 24 - 12:47 AM WUSA CBS Washington DC

The church sits on land purchased by three African-American men after the Civil War, and is located in the Quince Orchard area of Montgomery County. [Read More]

#WakandaForever: 'Black Panther' Costume And Props To Be Placed In National Museum Of African American History AndÂ Culture

Saturday, June 23 - 11:11 PM Essence - Niki McGloster

According to Deadline, the National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired the vibranium suit worn by the film's star, Chadwick Boseman. [Read More]

Celebrating Juneteenth and African American history

Saturday, June 23 - 11:03 PM WXOW ABC La Crosse

Saturday, June 23 - 10:39 PM Charlotte Observer - David Menconi

Jaki Shelton Green is named North Carolina's ninth poet laureate by Gov. Roy Cooper. She's the first African American and the third woman to serve... [Read More]

Lawsuits allege racial profiling in Portland-area businesses

Saturday, June 23 - 7:58 PM Seattle Times - Tom James - SALEM, Ore.

A Portland law firm has filed five lawsuits alleging racial profiling in area businesses. Filed between June 1 and June 21, the suits largely feature... [Read More]

Volunteers clear limbs, debris at Mississippi cemetery

Saturday, June 23 - 6:13 PM AP

Dozens of volunteers are helping clear debris from one of the oldest African American cemeteries on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. [Read More]

65 years later, 1st African-American born at JMH reunites with nurse

Saturday, June 23 - 5:43 PM WSVN FOX Miami - MIAMI

More than six decades after he became the first African-American baby born at Jackson Memorial Hospital, a South Florida native has returned... [Read More]

Volunteers clear limbs and debris at Gabriel Cemetery

Saturday, June 23 - 2:00 PM WMC NBC Memphis - Taren Reed

It was a community affair Saturday morning as dozens of volunteers stepped in to help clear debris from one of the oldest African American cemeteries... [Read More]

African American Legacy Project honors 9 Toledo athletes

Saturday, June 23 - 1:14 PM Toledo Blade - Brian Buckey

Legacy Project's Sports Legends Hall of Fame inductees recognized at Jerusalem Baptist Church. [Read More]

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