Michigan's first Black-owned cemetery and oldest African American corporation is celebrating 100 years of service to the community. In 1925, a group of African American funeral directors convened ...

Michele Samuels, Detroit Golf Club's first Black female president, was inspired by her great, great grandfather who led a resistance by former slaves.

American Black Journal host Stephen Henderson talks with the two honorees and GhostLight Arts Initiative Executive Director John Sloan III.

Of all the questions facing Detroit’s next mayor, perhaps the most urgent one is: who has the courage and clarity to transform the city’s promise into progress for the people who’ve never left? That ...

We identified Black-owned restaurants through community-sourced lists for Detroit and Los Angeles and then generated a random sample for the non-Black-owned restaurants.

The Black Slate'd chair said the endorsement reflects the idea that areas like Seven Mile and Strathmore should get the same attention as downtown.

SASHA Center will host the event Saturday at Avalon Healing Center in Detroit.

Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. For Black Music Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the ...

After discovering that her Black great-grandfather was lynched by her white great-grandfather in Eufaula, Eliza Franklin plans to convert one of the town's homes to an African American history museum.

Several of Detroit’s most prominent Black churches have joined forces with the National Black Empowerment Council to launch an ambitious campaign aimed at dramatically increasing voter turnout ...

The Idaho Black History Museum's new Juneteenth exhibit explores global slavery history while focusing on moving forward. Visit Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.