A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team while the team was in Idaho to attend the NCAA Tournament

Cleve Francis Jr., the second Black country artist signed to a music label, joined ABC News' Kyra Phillips to talk "From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music."

Body camera footage shows he was handcuffed and left face down on the floor.

A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on so-called indoctrination in public schools

More than two centuries after the 1811 revolt, Jo and Joy Banner became the first Black owners of the Woodland Plantation, the birthplace of the uprising.

Author Luis A. Miranda discusses his new memoir “Relentless,” where he shares the poignant narrative of his life and career.

Patrick Braxton alleges in a federal civil rights lawsuit that his predecessor locked him out of Newbern's town hall shortly after he took office three years ago.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means

Twin sisters bought back a former slave plantation to preserve and protect the history of their enslaved ancestors.

The mental health syndrome appears as projected strength and suppressed emotion.

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa.

The death of an administrator at Lincoln University has brought attention to the difficulties that Black women face in the education system.

Jamaal Bowman's new bill would provide grants to HBCUs and others to create, expand or improve graduate-level programs in mental health fields

Tansy McNulty quit her corporate job to form an organization of mothers fighting for safer communities by preventing tragedy and promoting effective mental health crisis response.

In a letter first shared with ABC News, Democratic lawmakers and hundreds of advocates demand President Joe Biden publicly support racial equity bills.

Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said that evidence "corroborates" reports that members of the Utah women's basketball team were harassed and subjected to racial slurs.

Police say they are investigating after members of Utah women’s basketball team claim they were racially harassed while in Idaho for the NCAA tournament.

Coeur d'Alene city leaders launched an investigation after the Utah women's basketball team was subjected to racial slurs from two men.

The story of a violent 19th-century coup against Black businesses and integrated city hall was largely left untold, but now historians are working to honor those victims.

Joshua Hartfield, the Richland police officer who pleaded guilty for his role in the torture of two Black men, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Six former law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison in Jackson, Mississippi, for their roles in the torture of two Black men.

Six eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with "hateful and racist comments" made on Snapchat, officials said.

U.S. Department of Transportation officials met with homeowners from Alabama’s historically Black Shiloh community over concerns that a highway project caused flooding.

Brown University Professor Tricia Rose spoke with Linsey Davis about her new book, which examines the origins and repercussions of systemic racism.

The 10 Million Names Project is working to recover the names of the 10 million people of African descent who were enslaved before 1865 in the present-day United States.

Joel Savary, the founder and CEO of Diversify Ice, talks about the foundation's mission to attract more Black and brown skaters to the ice rink.

E.E. Ward Moving and Storage, founded in 1881, has become the oldest Black-owned business in the country.

Only 1.3% of K-12 teachers in the 2020-2021 school year were Black men, according to a survey. Four Black male educators pay tribute to their heroes.

A new Hulu documentary, "Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story," is shining a spotlight on one of America's oldest Black boarding schools.

Tuskegee University's critical role in treating Black children with polio and the first vaccine at the height of segregation.

Eleven members of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the apology resolution Tuesday.

The world of outdoor recreation is deceptively inaccessible for athletes of color. Embracing a new sport requires navigating barriers including culture, cost and more.

Journalist and digital media executive Natasha S. Alford explores the intersection of being Black and Latino in her new book.

ABC News' Kyra Phillips talks with Col. Chris Costa and former CIA officer Darrell Blocker about new spy museum exhibit that recognizes top African Americans in espionage.

ABC News’ Rachel Scott sits down with Barbara Lee, Angela Alsobrooks, and Lisa Blunt Rochester on “This Week.”

Rep. Barbara Lee, Prince George County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester are running for Senate and hope to serve alongside one another

"My mug shot, we've all seen the mug shot. And you know who embraced it more than anybody else: the Black population. It's incredible," Trump said.

Fifth-generation Black farmer Julius Tillery said he is on a mission to show the world how far the community has come with regards to harvesting cotton.

For many in the Black community, cotton calls back to centuries of enslavement, but ABC's senior national correspondent Steve Osunsami speaks to one Black farmer who’s trying to change that stigma.

A monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. created by the nation's first Black astronaut-turned-sculpture was vandalized in a Denver park.

ABC News’ Morgan Norwood has the latest on a judge’s ruling in a case involving a Texas student’s hairstyle and why some say that the policy is discrimination.

In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked public K-12 teachers, teens, and the American public about teaching the topics of race and LGBTQ identities.

A trial is expected to be held Thursday in Texas to determine if a Black high school student should still be punished by his district for refusing to change his hairstyle.

The Supreme Court will allow one of the nation's top public schools to move forward with a new admissions policy that critics say has "racial balancing" at its core.

The Tenement Museum in New York City has taken immense research to recreate the home of a working-class 19th-century Black couple in a new interactive exhibit.

According to a new report, Black investors are the fastest-growing demographic of stock buyers.

In celebration of Black History Month, hairstylist-to-the-stars Kendall Dorsey shares tips to style curls and play up texture.

A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft and destruction of a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson that was stolen from a Kansas park.

Target pulled a sticker set from its shelves after a TikTok by a history teacher pointed out the misidentification of Civil Rights leaders.

"Discrimination still exists," one economist told ABC News.