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DeKalb County Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Vasanne Tinsley received one of three W.W. King Bridge Builder Awards that county Chief Executive Officer Michael Thurmond presented during the State of the County Address on April 26 at Pullman Yards.

Britains government Thursday faced legal action by campaigners over its refusal to accept key recommendations by an inquiry into the "Windrush" scandal, which affected thousands of black post-war immigrants.

After a year of controversy surrounding the no-bid commission process, five Black artists with a history of creating monumental, figurative works will be in the running to create the final sculpture.

Martin Luther King Jr. statue to be unveiled in Atlanta park on Saturday. It is one of several monuments around the city to the civil rights leader. T

As the 75th anniversary of Windrush nears, Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s announcement that important recommendations from the review regarding the 2018 scandal will be scrapped, dishonours the legacy of those generations, writes Richard Sudan.

An artist has been selected to help honor the legacy of Georgia's late U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights Activist John Lewis.

ATLANTA — It was a brief encounter, but as with nearly everyone who ever met the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the meeting was impactful.

The Point Comfort Art Fair + Show is in full swing at Miami Art Week inside the historic Ward Rooming House in Overtown, Miami's oldest Black Community.

As art aficionados flock around Miami-Dade during the week, curators and artists who live in our backyard say: Don’t miss the heart and soul of African-American fine art in Overtown, Miami’s historic Black neighborhood.

Nearly 1,000 overseas participants expected for this year’s in-person staging of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K in Negril, Jamaica