Race and ethnicity

Looking to the 2024 elections, experts say the Indian American vote is becoming harder to ignore.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered remarks in Birmingham, Alabama, at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four young black girls were killed.

Most skin-lightening products are used for medical purposes, but sometimes they’re used to conform to beauty standards informed by skin tone.

President Joe Biden spoke Thursday to condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling to end affirmative action for U.S. colleges and universities. “We cannot let this decision be the last word,” Biden said.

Ralph Yarl tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he never thought he would be shot even after the white man at the door he had mistakenly gone to in Kansas City pointed a gun at him.

Oxford University Press plans to publish the “Oxford Dictionary of African American English” in March of 2025.

As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most people in the U.S. say the court should allow consideration of race as part of the admissions process.

Black people are disproportionately denied aid from state programs that reimburse victims of violent crime, according to an AP examination of data from 23 states.

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church.

Harold C. Riley was a sophomore at South Carolina State College when he and dozens of other protesting students were shot by National Guard troops.

For decades, Americans who trace their origins to the Middle East and North Africa have had to choose “white” or “other” on the Census and other government and business forms.

The Biden Admin is proposing major changes to federal surveys that could reshape how latinos and people of Middle East and North African descent are counted in federal surveys and censuses.

Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent.

A new report published by PEN America during National Banned Books Week, found that an increase in new book bans occurred during the 2021-2022 school year, and was tied to organized efforts to restrict childrens’ access to certain books.