Black men had the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group at 72 years, more than nine years lower than men of other racial groups.

The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...

His assemblage of seven shorts in this year’s Life Within the Lens filled the 700+ seat theater at the Music Box, where a sea ...

Black History Month is just one was to convey the true history of Black people in the building and sustaining of our nation.

Longtime Montclair resident Marion Thompson Wright was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history, but it ...

"You get your hopes up thinking you’ve found a friend, then all of a sudden, they post the Turning Point halftime show on their Facebook." ...

The warning label placed on all estrogen-based treatments since 2003 was based on an outdated and flawed government-funded study.

“Black History at 100: Five Years That Shaped Atlanta” examined pivotal moments that helped define the modern city, from the ...

This February has been the 100th anniversary of acknowledging U.S. Black American history and the 50th anniversary of the official recognition of Black History Month. What explains why so many people ...

"If we can get to them early, if we can already be giving them literacy skills so they can read, write and spell and do it ...