Before Allen Iverson became a style icon in the NBA, his Georgetown Hoyas were changing the game at the college level. Prior to the 1994-95 season, coach John Thompson had Nike add African-rooted ...

A USA Today fact check ruled that the kente cloth sashes Democratic lawmakers wore to honor George Floyd “were historically worn by [the] empire involved in West African slave trade.” A group of ...

Ever since people took the streets to protest the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and countless others, we’ve seen A LOT of white people and mainstream brands show their support ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats wore ...

In the days leading up to Trump's State of the Union Address, several black lawmakers announced plans to boycott the event in opposition of Trump’s racist and divisive rhetoric and policies.

Black members of Congress made sure they would be heard last night, even if President Donald Trump was doing all the talking. Members of the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) wore brightly colored ...

- Perched in the center of a long, narrow loom, Francis Marfoh paddled two foot-treadles and worked school-bus yellow thread into a kente cloth pattern last week, onlookers around him marveling. This ...

Bless their hearts, but the congressional Democrats made a mess of things when they announced their new police reform legislation Monday. Officially, it was called the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ...

The best metaphors come as naturally as sunrise; they aren’t forced or contrived. When you discover that kente cloth — real kente cloth, woven by hand, not the machine-made version — is the same both ...

Some wear it as a badge of honor, others because the distinctive colors and geometric prints are just plain good looking. Then there are those for whom kente fills both bills. Kente – say KEHN-tay – ...