Leaders See a Black America Sailing Off Course
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HAMPTON, Feb. 10 -- Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.
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Black people in the United States are far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes and other diseases, according to a federal study that shows wide racial disparities persist in health care.
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African Americans voice their protests against the treatment of black males by the criminal justice system.
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The presence of an African American and a woman at the front of the race for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination is shaking up the politics of identity in unpredictable ways, analysts said.
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MACON, Georgia  - With its painful history of slavery and segregation, it is easy to presume how Southern white voters will respond to Barack Obama, who would be the country's first black president, but observers say simple assumptions about politics in the region would be wrong.
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When a spate of black officials were sworn into office this month in Clayton County, it was supposed to be a sign of progress for the historically white, rural county that was the setting for "Gone With The Wind." Then, one of the newly elected black officials made waves only hours after taking office.
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A growing number of foreign-born blacks have inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."
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By Jeri Krentz, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Christian Wurtz steadies himself at the bow as his boat idles near a Lake Norman shore. There's a chill in the air; the gray sky looks smudged.   He chooses a spinning rod, already baited, and casts toward the riprap.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 11 -- Since the end of World War II, it has been part of the lore of America's first black fighter pilots: The Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fire.
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Even as African Americans and other minorities have made economic progress in the last 40 years, many of those reaching the middle-income rung are finding it a hollow promise.
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Richard Thompson Ford takes dead aim at racial opportunists, opponents of affirmative action, multiculturalists and the myriad rights organizations he sees trying to hitch a ride on the successes of the black civil rights movement.
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Fearful they will no longer be allowed to compete in the event that now serves as a national championship for menâs rowing, coaches are putting together a competition of their own.  The newly formed American Col
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A growing number of foreign-born blacks has inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."
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Many people, including some African-Americans, have long been uneasy with the concept of race-based medicine, in part from fear that it may legitimize less benign ideas about race.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 10--GLOUCESTER -- The day before Thanksgiving, John Boon ran down to York River Yacht Haven at Gloucester Point to check on his boat amid the latest nor'easter.
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New Orleans is narrowly retaining a black majority after Hurricane Katrina, according to a study released Wednesday by The Brookings Institution.