The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

Deyane Moses is a woman of many passions, one of the most notable being art. For nearly a decade, she’s been dedicated to researching, displaying and honoring Baltimore’s Black history and ...

Your support makes all the difference. A Black entrepreneur has revealed how her work colleagues thought it was ok to touch her Afro hair without asking and once told her that her natural ...

Historically, Black movies have played an invaluable role in reflecting the richness and depth of African-American heritage. Most films that have spanned the past few decades have been considered ...

There are hundreds of thousands of social media posts discussing afro hair, with over four million posts using the hashtag #afrohair on Instagram alone. With such a high volume of content ...

The African American Studies program is an interdisciplinary program examining African life and culture, both on the African continent and the diaspora. As a student, you will learn about the African ...

But for women with afro hair, finding a hair salon that can give us that can be a struggle. These are the top salons with a loyal (and sometimes famous) client base across the UK. Despite there ...

Hanson, Jr. spotlights the life and legacy of the late Julius Whittier, the first African American football scholarship recipient and letterman at the University of Texas at Austin, with insights ...

Within the African American community, federal funding sparked a serious controversy over birth control, especially the Pill. In the 1960s, many African Americans around the country deeply ...

Nonprofits rely on donations to keep their work going. Fortunately, you don’t have to have Oprah-level dollars to support ...

She told BBC London: “I feel like there's a negative stereotype around coarser hair textures like Afro hair and I feel that needs to be removed. “It should be in an emoji because it will help ...

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses. She was born in Boston, on May 7, 1845, the oldest of three children.