Over 60 years after its release, the Moynihan report remains the most consequential—and controversial—analysis of the black family in American history. One explanation for its continued relevance is ...

This story is our first in a series on Black family history to celebrate Black history this February. Growing up in Philadelphia, Amber Jackson said she knew so little of her history that she felt ...

Relatives meet at Conroe Community Cemetery in Conroe, Texas, where many of the town’s earliest Black residents are buried, in February 2025. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) About ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on how Black Americans define and experience family – that is, who is included in their family networks and how they provide support to one another. Pew ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records, ...

Two months ago, my sons and I attended our family reunion in rural Virginia. My mother’s side of the family has its roots in Northumberland County, Va. – a place that I grew up calling “down the ...

Black family reunions are a time for people to connect over shared history and memories as they reinforce family structure. This important tradition reunites relatives across time and place, and helps ...

For centuries, Black Americans’ significant contributions to architecture and design have often been overlooked. A new book chronicles the indelible mark one family has left on American construction ...

There was a moment last month when Reginald Thornton, surrounded by family in a small ballroom at a Cobb County Embassy Suites, paused — caught by a memory too large for words. He swept his gaze ...