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The BoykinZ is a group of singing sisters who are taking over social media with their country infusion style. During a recent trip to Texas, NBC 5’s Brittney Johnson talked to the group about what it’s like being young Black women in country music.

A group of singing sisters taking over TikTok with their country infusion style made their first trip to Texas.

Climate change touches us all, but across the country, communities of color have been hit the hardest with heat, pollution and flooding. We explore how the climate crisis is affecting the health and well-being of Black and brown communities and low-income Americans.

The important legacy of women such as Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth resonates more than 100 years since women gained the right to vote.

Harold C. Riley was a sophomore at South Carolina State College when he and dozens of other protesting students were shot by National Guard troops.

Bill Goldstein has recommendations of influential Black authors and their works.

A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. is being moved into Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is prompting Black parents “to take the reins to educate their children, a Florida mother said.

The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark of the Revolution, but what we are taught is dictated by who is writing the story.

When we read about the birthplace of America, Boston is in bold print. The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark. But while many of us have heard one piece of its history, there are many other stories to be told. What most of us know is that high atop the steeple in 1775, a signal sparked the…

A Miami woman has made it her mission to preserve South Florida’s Black history and to make is more accessible. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports

A new documentary reveals what it was like for a group of Black students in Prince George’s County that integrated an elementary school 50 years ago. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with a former white student at the school who wrote and directed the documentary and some of the students and staff who were part of the film.

At one Charles County high school, a new pilot program is aiming to change the narrative around young Black men. News4’s Molette Green reports in the community.