Around 200 million people who identify themselves as being of African descent live in the Americas. Many millions more live in other parts of the world, outside of the African continent.

Dearborn native Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, said it's important that people of Middle Eastern and North African descent have an opportunity to be counted.

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

UN experts called on Suriname to address the structural racial discrimination against people of African descent due to their history of enslavement and exclusion, according to a report released on ...

Michigan is celebrating Arab American Heritage Month in April. Here's what to know about the month and how you can learn more ...

The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) says that commissioners Norris Witter and Ashton Simon will represent it at the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD) from 14th – 17th April ...

An Athens museum has invited people of African descent in Greece to tell their stories for an innovative exhibition about communities that are still largely ignored by Greek society. In a dark ...

The “Black Paris” exhibition features the works of about 150 major artists of African descent, many of whom ... and be treated like white people,” she said. “But they were not fooled ...