A North Carolina city has committed $2.1 million toward funding reparations, an initiative it began last summer when it joined a number of U.S. cities which have voted to address…

When Frances Terrell was first approached about participating in a reparations program the Virginia Theological Seminary had been working on, she said she experienced an emotional cocktail of surprise and…

In April 1997, Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Frank Keating signed Joint Resolution 1035 after it passed the state legislature unanimously. This new law created the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa…

One hundred years after the Tulsa Massacre, a team of scientists has discovered the remains of 27 people believed to be murdered by the white mob that destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood…

A brand new committee tasked with vetting bills related to racial equity, civil rights and inclusion plans to hold its first hearing at the start of the week A brand…

Sculptor Dana King stands among "ancestor" statues she created for an upcoming exhibit called "Monumental Reckoning" while at her studio in Oakland, California, U.S. June 10, 2021. One year after…

“This recognition from both the House and Senate means so much to the LGBTQ+ community.” Three days before the fifth anniversary of the attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the…

Launched with the support of FINTRAIL, the scholarship program will fully waive fees for CAFCA certifications to 30 Black, Indigenous and People of Color professionals Chicago, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE…

On Juneteenth, June 19, we celebrate Union Army General Gordon Granger’s order to free the people still enslaved in Texas. The holiday marks the effective end of slavery in the…

Protests against Line 3 pipeline are part of a larger movement to reclaim Indigenous land and culture in Canada and US. Earlier this month, on a hot day amid a…