ATLANTA _ In October 1991, Clarence Thomas was forever sealed in American consciousness when he was confirmed as the second African-American associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

The closure of Edinburgh’s Inverleith House and the wider assault on our cultural fabric diminish us all

Excitement at early voting centres after activists fought law that targeted black vote "with almost surgical precision".

Black churches continue to play a role in the US state's civil rights movement, marching together to voting centres.

'When the POTUS is dabbing with Usher in the middle of the dance floor at the White House, you know you're at the most epic party ever!'

First major exhibit on the Qur’an in the US, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, displays manuscripts over a period of almost a millennium