Race & Culture

Big Mama Thornton was a big name in R&B. She's one of the many Black musicians we credit for what we today call rock & roll.

The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.

A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.

The Nebraska native was a star quarterback for Omaha University before the Denver Broncos drafted him as a cornerback in the 14th round in 1968. He wasn't allowed to compete for the QB job in 1969.

The American Rescue Plan promised $4 billion in debt relief to “socially disadvantaged farmers.” But a swarm of lawsuits from banks and white farmers alleging discrimination has put the aid on hold.

After a lower court found a Louisiana congressional map likely dilutes votes of Black voters, the Supreme Court put on hold an order for a second majority Black congressional district to be created.

The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial.

Lil Nas X's new single rails against BET after the star wasn't nominated for a single BET Award.

Historian Nell Irvin Painter is calling a new find in the New York state archives dramatic and moving.

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.