Rappler's latest stories on African Americans
Black-owned eateries buoyed by grassroots support since virus hit
Numerous studies show that black business owners, and in particular those in the food industry, are among the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States
Floyd's brother tells U.N. 'black lives do not matter' in U.S.
'You in the United Nations are your brothers' and sisters' keepers in America, and you have the power to help us get justice for my brother George Floyd,' says Philonise Floyd
Black Americans suffer from generations of economic marginalization
From lower wages to longer commute times, the structure of the world's largest economy deeply marginalizes black people
Hundreds of troops deployed as angry U.S. anti-racism protests spread
Overnight demonstrators break through law enforcement barriers to overtake the Minneapolis police station where the 4 officers blamed for George Floyd's death are based
Billionaire to grads at U.S. black college: I'll pay off your student loans
Robert F. Smith, an African-American businessman tells the new graduating class of historically black Morehouse College that he plans to pay off the entirety of their student debt: an estimated $40 million
Russian trolls aimed to deter black U.S. voters – study
The primary goal of the Internet Research Agency (IRA) is to deepen divisions in US society and convince Democrat-favoring liberals – including Latinos, youths and the LGBTQ community – not to vote, a report says
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris takes aim at paternity doubts
He will always be my father He never wasn t and he never will not be says the 18 year old model
The United States: vital statistics
Here are some key figures about the world s biggest economy heading to the polls on November 8
Voter turnout 'explodes' among blacks, Hispanics in US
This swell of minority participation could spell trouble for Donald Trump s White House hopes
Serena Williams vows no 'silence' on social injustice
I realized we must stride on – for it s not how far we have come but how much further still we have to go says the tennis superstar
Obama opens new African American Museum amid racial strife
African American history is not somehow separate from our larger American story It is central to the American story says US President Barack Obama
Trump vows to begin deportations immediately if sworn in
I am going to build a great border wall institute nationwide e verify stop illegal immigrants from accessing welfare and entitlements and develop an exit entry tracking system he promises
Forget US politics, rally around Olympians - Obama
Among the US athletes is a fencing champion from suburban Jersey who’ll become the first American Olympian to wear a hijab while competing
Clinton eyes South Carolina win as Republicans brawl
4th UPDATE When you run for president it s not just Americans who pay attention says Clinton
Woman who died in US jail victim of officer's 'ego' – family
Sandra Bland 28 was found hanged in her jail cell 3 days after being pulled over for failing to signal a lane change and getting into an argument with a state trooper
South Carolina senate votes to take down Confederate flag
The proposal now is set to go before the House of Representatives amid growing public demands for the red white and blue banner to no longer fly outside the legislature in the state capital Columbia
South Carolina governor calls for removal of Confederate flag
UPDATED The flying of the Civil War battle flag – seen by some as a symbol of lingering racist sentiment in the American South but by others as a hallmark of Southern pride and heritage – has returned to the spotlight since the massacre
US church reopens in triumph over massacre
UPDATED The service offers still grieving Charleston a chance to mark what many argue is its triumph in thwarting the shooter s reported aim to foment racial hatred
US activist Rachel Dolezal speaks: 'I identify as black'
A US civil rights activist who resigned from her post at the country s leading African American advocacy group amid allegations that she has masqueraded as a black woman for years says she identifies as an African American
'Black' activist resigns helm of US civil rights group
Rachel Dolezal resigns as president of the Spokane Washington chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
US Attorney General 'prepared' to disband Ferguson police
The Justice Department uncovers a cache of racist emails and proof of multiple rights violations in the Missouri town where a white policeman shot dead an unarmed black teenager on August 9 2014
First black senator elected in US South since Civil War era
Tim Scott 49 was expected to easily win the historic vote after having been appointed un elected to the post in 2012 when the previous senator stepped down
One shot, 7 arrested as violence flares in riot-hit US town
Around 200 demonstrators in Ferguson defy a curfew imposed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
New forms of racism arise in science research
A professor warns science could be misused to propagate the belief that people inherently have different abilities based on skin color or ethnic background
Alex Esclamado: The invisible giant
Despite Filipinos being the largest Asian American ethnic group in California there s still hardly anything said about them in public schools
'The Butler': Small-scale epic
Film is a window to the mind of an observer survivor in US racial history
Falcons inspire at-risk youth
Wild birds can be tamed and can tame people who need it
