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Could factors such as differences in lifestyle or access to health care play a role, or is there something else in play? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine believe the latter may be true, in part, due to a recent discovery that suggests inherited genetic variations exist between whites and blacks ...

If the African-American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids had a single defining message, it would be about overcoming adversity.

The Democratic presidential contenders spoke warmly of Martin Luther King Jr. _ and sometimes of each other _ on Monday's national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

On 12-26-09 we lost one of our giants in Percy Ellis Sutton. He was 89 yrs old when he passed away last night, Here is a man who was aTuskeegee Airman, Manhattan Borough President,State Senator,Lawyer.Owner of the Apollo theatre ,Radio station owner,etc. A man of so many talents.

December 26 to January 1, marks the week long celebration of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan African celebration of family, community and culture.

If the African-American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids had a single defining message, it would be about overcoming adversity.

Researchers may now reliably use genetics data to tell a person's ancestry -- what percent of an African-American's genome stems from Europe, for example, and what percent comes from Africa.

In celebration of the city's 300th anniversary, the Publication Editorial Subcommittee of the African American History and Civil War Programs Committee are preparing a series of articles for publication in the Sun Journal to highlight local African-American history.

The 21st annual Kwanzaa Celebration sponsored by the Nia Cultural Center begins today at the Old Central Cultural Center, 2627 Ave.

The Murfreesboro Branch will host the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brunch on Saturday, Jan.

Few people attended the first Kwanzaa celebration Makeda Cheatom organized years ago, "But it's grown since then.

*The NY Daily News has spoken to Mary J. Blige's publicist and contrary to reports that the singer decked her husband, Kendu Isaacs, at a promotional event for her new CD, Karynne Tencer told the paper that Blige was trying to stop a brawl between Isaacs and her brother.

"Mary was not fighting with her husband," said Tencer. "Her husband and her brother got into an altercation that turned into a fight. Mary went to break up the fight."

But Tencer claims she doesn't know the name of Blige's brother or the reason for the row at the M2 Ultralounge.

Get MORE of this story and WATCH video footage of the incident, HERE.

The opening of the President's House on Independence Mall will be pushed back to next fall, to allow further revision of interpretive materials so that they better portray the place of slavery in the nation's early days.

Arriving on the red carpet for a showing of "The Princess and the Frog," a group of elegant children are ready for royal inspiration.

New guidelines for breast cancer screenings made by the United States Preventive Service Task Force may not be the best recommendation for African-American women.

The African-American woman in the photo looks about 60, maybe 65. Her graying hair in a tidy bun, she wears a neat blue and white silk dress with a bow at the neckline.

Whenever there has been a question, more often than not there has been an accompanying answer to satiate the questioner.

Hosted by Halle Berry, narrated by Avery Brooks, and featuring an introduction by Colin Powell and choral arrangements by Andrae Crouch, the powerful four-hour, two-part HD film will also be released on DVD on February 9. Ten years in the making, "For Love of Liberty" brings to life, completely and for the first time, over two hundred years of ...

A top chamber ensemble of black classical musicians is set to perform at Kennesaw State University in celebration of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 100th anniversary.

Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, is the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr.