New cash grants available to offset financial harm Akasha Lawrence Spence speaks before the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in...

VP nominee is first black woman on major party ticket Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks Wednesday at the Chase Center in Wilmington,...

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Choice acknowledges power of Black vote U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. is pictured last year while running for president. On Tuesday,...

Three presidents mourn life of civil rights hero Mourners stand outside Ebenezer Baptist Church during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis,...

Trump Black voices chair attended Tulsa rally Herman Cain speaks during a Faith and Freedom Coalition event in 2014 in Washington, D.C....

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Civil rights hero galvanized opposition to racism U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is pictured last December before an event with fellow...

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