Though not a church rite, Black Masking Indian processions follow a ritual calendar that mirrors Catholic sacred time. Mardi Gras Day itself precedes Ash Wednesday, the threshold between feasting and ...

A photography exhibit about the lives of a Deep East Texas freedom colony is on display at a Nacogdoches church for Black ...

Almeta Ingram-Miller has heard the complaints before. When her Richmond gospel group, the Ingramettes — then led by her mother Maggie Ingram — first performed at the Richmond Folk Festival, there was ...

“Waiting for the Hour.” Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting on Dec. 31, 1863, where African American men, women and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the ...

UC Davis students attend the 2025 Black Fall Welcome, one of the events that helps create a sense of belonging for Black students and helped the campus earn the designation as a Black-Serving ...

Country music legend Reba McEntire’s fans are sending prayers her way this week after her family was hit hard by tragedy once again. Marissa Blackstock, who is married to McEntire’s son, Shelby ...

WASHINGTON — More than a week after Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom were ambushed by a gunman outside the Farragut West Metro station, the community in DC, and Wolfe's hometown in ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - One woman’s calling to serve families is still inspiring vocations in East Texas and around the world after 150 years. The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are concluding a ...

“I’m the black sheep of my family,” said the young man who sat before me in my therapy office. I tried to imagine this adorable, sad young man being the “black sheep” of anything. I couldn’t.

“All right, y’all, let’s bless the food.” We've not yet gotten to Thanksgiving, but I know exactly how the events of the day will go. My father-in-law will corral the family, minutes after my husband ...