African Americans

The number of reported hate crimes nationwide against Asian and Black people sharply increased in 2020, according to new FBI data released Monday.

Dozens of African American headstones taken from a D.C. gravesite and dumped along the Potomac River will be restored and relocated. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

It’s now been a century since an armed white mob descended upon Tulsa’s Greenwood district, aka ‘Black Wall Street,’ killing as many as 300 Black residents. Today, Bobby Eaton Jr., a descendant of one of the massacre’s survivors, is trying to carry on the legacy of Black Wall Street.

Asian and Black activists are talking solidarity, but they first need to know their common history and acknowledge tensions that have long existed.

Caroline Wanga, CEO at iconic Black media brand Essence, started her career as a single mom. She has advice for succeeding in spite of gender, racial hurdles.

Tracee Ellis Ross launched a beauty line for Black women in 2019 but says numbers “don’t even crack the surface” when discussing diverse economic opportunity.

African-Americans and Latinos are twice as likely as white Americans to say they need another Covid stimulus check to make ends meet.

Black leaders in finance and media share advice for the next generation of Black Americans based on their personal success stories.

The beauty and hair care industry for Black consumers is worth billions, and more Black entrepreneurs are succeeding in spite of funding hurdles.

The House of Representatives along with the Maryland State House are calling for studies to find the best way to make reparations for African Americans.

Bills in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Maryland State House are calling for a study into reparations for African Americans. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports on the impact these bills could have if passed.

As we deal with the emotional toll of black death amid a global pandemic, conversations around allyship have come to the forefront as it will take people of all races and backgrounds to stand in support of marginalized groups.

Kezia Williams, CEO of The Black upStart, created the #MyBlackReceipt movement to show the economic impact of buying from Black-owned businesses.

CNBC Make It speaks to diversity leaders and experts about the various ways in which sexism and racism impact Black women’s experiences at work and how corporate America’s diversity and inclusion efforts fail to make a real difference.

Black workers without a college degree have been the most likely to see lives disrupted by Covid-19, and remain most at-risk of securing new jobs.

There’s been a surge of interest in the past year among U.S. religious groups in the area of racism-linked reparations.

Chadwick Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer is prompting conversations about screenings, knowing family history and symptoms. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins explains why some precautions are especially difficult for many African Americans.

New federal data obtained by The New York Times shows African Americans and Latinos are three times more likely to become infected with the coronavirus. News4’s Doreen Gentzler explains.

Activists are demanding to delay the reopening of Virginia until there is more testing as they say the virus has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.