The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

Both were smeared with black ink, with chapter and verse numbers for two Bible passages scrawled on one side of the alley wall. The vandalism was first noticed by a building employee late Sunday ...

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica is massive, featuring 350 works of art, with paintings, sculpture, video and audio, as well as historical ...

Even after she returned home to Philadelphia, married and started a family further north, she continued depicting the quiet terrors — and triumphs — of being Black in America. Her work helped ...