With its foundation laid, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is starting to take shape on its five-acre site near the Washington Monument.

By all counts, the first debate between Black and White colleges took place in 1869. But it was Wiley College’s battle with the University of Southern California that inspired the 2007 epic movie.

As young as 5 years old, Twan Woods would wake up at night and hear his mother having a seizure. He would know exactly what to do. He would run into her bedroom

Black clergy have launched a new coalition to fight gun violence, saying they are undeterred by the recent failure of legislation on Capitol Hill and all too aware of the problem of gun violence.

Tiffany Newman, a wedding officiate and planner, saw similarities in same-sex marriage and the hardships she faced from being in an interracial marriage and decided to do something about it.

Every Friday evening, members of the Criminal (In)Justice Committee gather outside of the Wells Fargo Bank on Georgia Avenue NW, for a two-hour demonstration

In Japan, Dunbar High School graduate Roland Jefferson is celebrated as a hero. But in Washington, D.C., to the millions of the Cherry Blossom Festival visitors, Jefferson’s name hardly rings a bell.