In a circumscribed universe, Black Americans have ceaselessly reinvented themselves.

And four other intriguing things: DNA facial reconstruction, virtual airlines, west African vinyl, and the practice of naming.

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New evidence shows what the 30-foot-tall Confederate memorial was actually meant to commemorate.  

The cases against the former president aren’t criminalizing politics. They’re criminalizing, well, crimes.

Maybe it’s a corny holiday, but Black Americans deserve a time to remember that our identity doesn’t begin and end with oppression.

Vinson Cunningham’s new novel takes the reader back to a time when many thought the nation’s first Black president had an answer for every American ailment.

An overlooked effect of the legislation, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.