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A central figure of the 1960s Black Art Movement, Saar pioneered assemblage boxes and reclaimed Jim Crow-era memorabilia as powerful totems of Black liberation.

An investigation is underway and officials will release the name of the officer who fired his weapon, the police chief said.

The Aug. 28 march will be led by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and joined by Martin Luther King III and other civil rights leaders.

The family of Nolan Wells doesn’t accept that his death was an accidental drowning, their attorney said. A cause of death is pending.

Johnson Products Co. was founded in 1954, catering to African Americans’ evolving tastes in hairstyles and ​fashion, in an era when U.S. companies paid little attention to Black consumers.

After watching a 20-minute tribute, Hill surprised the BET Awards audience with an impromptu performance of her 1998 classic “Ex-Factor.”

Tucked in a casket with a stuffed animal, Kohen Wiley was remembered as a joy to his family’s world.

Black and American Indian/Alaska Native communities have the highest cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S.

The musician was charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers last year.

President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.”