To counter the negative images of African Americans in the late 19th century, W.E.B. Du Bois displayed portraits of middle-class blacks at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

The nation’s unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.

Inspired by her own personal loss, Verneda White uses fashion to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in communities of color.

This year’s show, called “A Night of a Thousand Fantasies,” included six different themes said to represent different types of women; tough love, game on, country girls, heavenly bodies, pink and wild things.

Cabrini-Green became the house where violence lived, where one horrible crime after another made the community an unsafe and unimaginable place for any child to grow up.

Tiger Woods is saving his best in a disappointing year for last as he leads the Chevron World Challenge by four strokes at halfway in California.

Just before Thanksgiving, the leadership of the nine largest historically black denominations announced the launch of The Conference of National Black Churches .

The bill provides $1.15 billion to African Americans left out of a 1999 settlement of a lawsuit.

The man often referred to as the “Jackie Robinson of Journalism” for being the first African-American journalist at the Nashville Banner will have his legacy live on as his name adorns the district’s first museum magnet school, Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary.

Christian rap, also known as holy hip-hop, has struggled to make its mark in an industry dominated by messages that have little to do with religion.

The day after the election, the future of Haiti looks even less clear.

Despite being born with AIDS, the 26-year-old activist continues to live life to the fullest while informing others about the disease.