Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. Black and white images are the original language of film. For decades, as filmmaking was a developing art form, the only option was black and white ...

Over three decades, the difference in average life expectancy between white and Black people in the U.S. narrowed but a gap of three to five years remains, according to research. An analysis from the ...

Sharan White-Jenkins is a proud Black homeowner in Jamaica, Queens, in New York City. She’s part of a line of homeowners that goes back to her grandparents, who purchased a home on the Virginia ...

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From the time Patrick Ben III decided he would go to college, there seemed to be an obstacle at every turn. The high school he attended on Chicago’s South Side offered few of the advantages wealthier ...