On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church was originally founded in 1776.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor, reaches her hands up in prayer at Antioch Baptist on ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. Thursday's Juneteenth ceremony was at Colonial Williamsburg, a museum that owns the land where ...

Whiting's Black Americana section includes magazine photos of African American celebrities such as Diahann Carroll and Dorothy Dandridge.

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Eric Rudolph hid in the North Carolina wilderness for years after he bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a gay nightclub, and two ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

Coming up, Charlottesville Camera Club images go on display at the Crozet Library, works inspired by nature go up at C'ville ...

Questions linger about whether many of the displaced will return to communities. Also, is the soil healthy? Is the air clean?

Shelton preached, directing the congregation to approach adversity with confidence ... and a member of Mississippi Faith in Action, a coalition of African American churches involved in HIV. “I have ...

'Black Panther' (Image credit: Marvel Studios) After the death of his father, T'Challa (Chadwick Bosman) returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king.