There are a number of different claims as to the origin of the term Black Irish, none of which are possible to entirely prove or disprove. The term "Black Irish" has been in circulation among Irish ...

Skin cancer on Black skin can be harder to detect because many lesions are black or brown. Many dermatologists also lack familiarity with Black skin, which can delay diagnosis. People of all skin ...

Black Lives Matter protests have opened up conversations about the history of privilege, racism, and the lived experiences and identities of black people in America. Now, the distinction between ...

Black people in the United States are more likely to develop certain conditions or have worse outcomes from those conditions. The reasons for this are often some combination of genetic, social, and ...

Black Americans live in different types of communities across the country. For about half of Black adults (52%), the location where they currently live is important to how they think about themselves.

Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. An award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Black Americans’ experiences, habits and attitudes around news and information. The main source of data for this study is a Center survey of ...

Let the stirring words of Rosa Parks, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr. and other famous Black voices move you. February is Black History Month. The commemoration began nearly a hundred years ago ...