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Jackson will step down as president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a merger of two organizations he founded.

The shadow climate secretary defended his party’s recent backtrack on a £28 billion commitment to tackle climate change.

Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America

NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. will travel farther into space than any Black person before him when he pilots the Artemis II lunar mission in 2024.

Published quotes attacking ‘fiery, demagogic oratory’ suggested deep divide but transcript of 1965 interview tells different story

The Caribbean-American singer and actor Harry Belafonte has passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 96. Although he was well known for songs like Day-O (The Banana Boat song) and Jump In The Line, which earned him the title “King of Calypso”, his music was a vehicle…

Pioneering musician and activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96. Here, Bono remembers a ‘lightbulb moment’ when he came face-to-face

America’s first black superstar’s good looks and sweet calypso sounds allowed him to penetrate the wider public arena – where he tirelessly campaigned for racial equality

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges

In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the then-attorney general of the United States.

Singer, actor and activist who matched his genial persona with political commitment