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What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation

The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many Black Americans

ST. LOUIS — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school

BOSTON — It was a notorious murder that rattled Boston to its core, coarsened divisions in a city long riven

Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel, though “Next year in Jerusalem” was

HOUSTON — A Texas high school Black student who has been disciplined and kept away from his classroom for months

NORFOLK, Va. — NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is

ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his “stand in the

An appeals court has ruled that the Florida Legislature didn’t violate the state constitution when it approved congressional maps pushed

SAVANNAH, Ga. — County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended

President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on