Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, writes a blog about the health disparities in our community.
 

Frances Wills and Harriet Pickens were among the last class of WAVES officer candidates who were trained at Smith College.

According to L.A. Angels center fielder, Black Latinos don’t count when it comes to the race disparity in baseball.

While Rush Limbaugh continues his racial riffs on slavery, RNC head Michael Steele hasn’t criticized him.

Can the mayor, a banker and a Harvard prof turn around the city’s African-American weekly?
 

Executive Order 8802 issued on June 25, 1941, which prohibited all racial discrimination in the Armed services, forced the Marine Corps to recruit African Americans and other minorities in 1942.
 

Later this month, Newton Marshall, 26, will take part in the Iditarod, a 1,150-mile dog-sled race across the icy wilderness of Alaska. The race is hailed as one of the world’s great endurance tests.
 

The picture, spread virally on the Web, was the last straw for state Sen. Frederica Wilson. It showed a man posing in front of the White House with a noose wrapped around an American flag.
 

On Wednesday, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
 

In addition to being the only black-owned charter jet service operation in the country, Opa Locka Flightline is also the only black-owned business of any type currently operating at Opa Locka Airport.
 

According to polling, the party’s large black voting bloc is eager to stay involved even without Barack Obama on the ballot.  Will we actually show up at the polls though?
 

Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck surprised nine high school students Monday night by presenting them with $1,000 in scholarship money in the name of his late teammate Steve McNair.