After nearly a decade on Monroe Center, the Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives is preparing to relocate and ...

What does it mean to love a country that doesn’t always love you back? Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album opens with “American ...

"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

Get the full Kumbaya lyrics plus details on its folk origins, first recordings, and cultural importance in music and history.

By Mitti Hicks Black Americans are more likely to get pancreatic cancer than any other racial or ethnic group, according to data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program ...

Asian Americans are “Asian.” But for any number of reasons, it’s hard to imagine a great many Black Americans opting to call themselves simply African. To the extent that “African American” was ...

The Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives, or GRAAMA, is moving to a new building by the end of the year.

The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take ...

A Grand Rapids staple announced on Wednesday it is moving to a bigger location. (July 16, 2025) Harbor Humane Society in West Olive has a full kennel and a lot of mouths to feed. (July 16, 2025) ...

As Bowman sparred with Republican Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, he drew a link between recent acts of racial and political violence and rhetorical attacks against ...

Black male enrollment at HBCUs is at a 50-year low. This essay explores how the loss of Black teachers after Brown v. Board ...

GRAAMA is set to move to a new 30,000 sq ft location, expanding from its original 2,000 sq ft space, to include exhibits, ...