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.

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.

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

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

Harris, 46, is also the first Indian-American to be elected to attorney general in the state. Her mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, is Tamil Indian, and her father, Dr. Donald Harris, is Jamaican-American.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February.

A group of Peoples Temple survivors announced plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of more than 900 people who died in the Jonestown tragedy 32 years ago to the day.

The Senate has approved almost $4.6 billion to settle longstanding claims brought by American Indians and black farmers against the government.

Are African Americans willing to support the next viable black candidate, even if that means voting across party lines?

The Black Panthers were one of the most iconic social revolutionaries in American history. But the focus was the influence that the Black Power movement exerted abroad, specifically in West Germany in the early 1970s.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus chose Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on Wednesday to lead them through the new political terrain.

In its prime, it was known as the Black Pentagon, a key gathering place for African-Americans who huddled in the group’s old brick building over decades to tackle problems of the day.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell praised Barack Obama’s performance as president and his policies on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and the economy.