Race & Ethnicity

Steve Luxenberg tells the history around Plessy v. Ferguson, the disastrous 1896 Supreme Court decision that made racial segregation legal as “separate but equal.”

After an African-American student was punished for wearing an African head wrap, administrators are accused of favoring Hispanic teens at Camden Academy Charter High School.

The tombstone of an African-American Civil War soldier — and possible graves of family members — have been discovered in Frankford, Delaware.

Two entrepreneurs have helped save the historic Nile Swim Club from drowning.

Legislation to strengthen the partnership between historically black college and universities is on a fast track to become law.

Experts say many of these fashion companies live in a sort of bubble and lack the diversity in their staff that could vet their fashions.

When you talk to Virginia Democrats these days, you hear a lot of words like "disappointing" and "frustrating."

The report was published online Thursday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

From minstrels to the mummers, from governors to Gucci, how blackface began and why it keeps coming up.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted that he wore blackface, and the subsequent backlash has provided insight into Americans views and knowledge of our racist past.

Even today, a decade since the Great Recession hit, blacks still haven’t fully recovered and remain in a precarious financial condition.

Black women have higher rates of birth complications at hospitals because doctors often don’t believe their pain.

The revelation that elected officials in Virginia had at one point worn or endorsed blackface has caused us to grapple with its history.

The situation around the top elected officials in Richmond, Va., is perplexing to many, including students and teachers in the state. Some are seizing the moment to discuss.

About 1.1 million Americans are at high risk for HIV and could benefit from PrEP, according to the CDC. Around half of those are black men and women.