Race & Ethnicity

Dozens rally in support of family after minor incident results in 10 Philadelphia police officers responding to theater

John James of Southwest Philadelphia, now 98, completed officer training in 1942, but he was denied his rightfully earned bars because he is black.

A black family says a Philadelphia movie theater manager called police when they tried to retrieve their children from a theater after getting a refund.

The rash of videotaped incidents in which white people have called police on black people for trivial reasons has reached fever pitch.

The rhythm of African drums swelled on Saturday during the annual Juneteenth parade, commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865.

Much to its leaders' frustration, Southwest Key became the face of a Trump administration policy.

Leonard Miller’s first car was a 1940 Ford Club Coupe, a chop-top convertible that he modified with a Mercury motor and a transmission pulled from a Lincoln.

The negative effect on African-Americans’ mental health peaked in the month after a police killing, and it dissipated after three months.

The park service has given initial approval to hold a "white civil rights rally" on Aug. 11 and 12.

'Las Doctoras Recomiendan' — or 'The Doctors Recommend' — sounds like getting advice from a friend.

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.

The moves come in the wake of an allegedly racially-motivated incident at a York County Golf Course in late April.

Dorothy Cotton, a leader in the civil rights movement who educated thousands of African-Americans about their rights and the power of organizing, has died at 88.

After failing to defeat poverty, drugs and terrorism, America has decided to fight an enemy we can plainly see — black guys who can punt, pass kick, or dribble.

The home improvement chain Lowe’s has suspended its practice of checking customers’ receipts at t ...