The Washington AIDS Partnership announced the second phase of an innovative campaign to increase awareness and use of the female condom as a tool for HIV prevention.
 

Michael Anthony Green is expected to be freed this week after serving more than 27 years in prison — the longest time behind bars of any Texan who has been exonerated – for a rape prosecutors now say he did not commit.
 

The National Underground Railroad Conference kicked off Thursday. Sessions discussed African American migration, John Brown and how the Kansas Territory became a battleground for freedom.
 

The mural showcases 40 individuals and more than eight events symbolizing North Carolina’s African-American history associated with civil rights, government, business, journalism and education.
 

Paul Gibson of Willingboro has collected newspapers, magazines, books and more to preserve significant pieces of African-American history spanning more than a century.
 

A study found African Americans as a racial group and African-American children face higher rates of fire deaths than other populations.
 

Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions.
 

The former U.S. secretary of state and classically trained pianist, Rice, and Franklin, the divalicious voice of a generation, aim was to raise money for urban children and awareness for music and the arts.
 

Donna Limerick had always believed her mother was a pioneer. Not many women in the 1940s had the gumption and the bank loans to start their own business. Especially not African American women.

“Pinstripes not prison stripes” is the message attached to the “100 Black Men’s” new anti-violence campaign. You might see billboards with the message popping up around Baton Rouge.
 

Although African Americans account for nearly 40% of the country’s tourist earnings, they should set up projects in areas of accommodation, entertainment, cultural heritage, and attractions.
 

The number of African Americans who wish to donate all their organs and tissue has increased to 41 percent versus 31 percent in 2009.