In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of ...

There are few phrases in Southern folklore as quietly chilling as “Don’t look back when leaving a graveyard.” For generations ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, and WTTW has programming that honors the history, culture, and traditions of ...

Mankato’s Centenary United Methodist Church prides itself as being an inclusive community that sponsors ministries that support various segments of the community. Most of these efforts rise up through ...

“Wail on Whalers, a Portrait of Amos Haskins” by Felandus Thames, an “homage to escaped enslaved people who found autonomy in whaling,” is comprised of hairbeads strung on coated wire. The piece is ...

John Ydstie talks to Dr. Carl Bell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois, and Dr. Michele Balamani, director of Baraka pastoral counseling center in Maryland, about the stigma ...

For big-mountain skier Connor Ryan, skiing is a deeply spiritual experience. As a Hunkpapa Lakota Native American, he believes the mountains themselves are alive with spirits, along with the spirits ...

The United States has wide geographic and racial disparities in human immunodeficiency (HIV) outcomes. Nearly half of HIV infections in the United States are concentrated among African Americans, and ...

In his bio, choreographer Alonzo King is said to create works “by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that ...

Website telling the invisible story of those who share African American and Native American ancestry. Over centuries, African Americans and Native Americans created shared histories, communities, ...

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Historic Resources unveiled a historical marker for Belmead, the site of two private schools for African American and Native American youth in ...