To Put More Black Players in the Tennis Pipeline, Own the Pipeline

Richard Williams says there will not be a significant black presence in tennis until African-Americans run their own academies.

Feds Sue Arizona Sheriff In Civil Rights Probe

The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is standing in the way of its investigation by refusing to turn over arrest records and other materials that could show whether he violated the rights of Hispanics pulled over in traffic sweeps.

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Anacostia Community Museum and National Museum of African Art

Lorenzo Dow Turner dug deep to find many African-inflected elements in the Gullah language and culture.

To Lengthen Men’s Lives, Focus on Guns

Homicides, rising again, remain a crucial factor in New York City’s life-expectancy gender gap.

Nascar Turns to BET Network to Boost Minority Drivers

A series on the Black Entertainment Network represents Nascar’s latest attempt to build a following for minority drivers it hopes to develop into stars.

A Crisis Facing Blacks

A reader responds to Bob Herbert’s column about the crisis facing the black community in the United States.

Isabel Wilkerson’s Sweeping ‘Warmth of Other Suns’

In “The Warmth of Other Suns,” Isabel Wilkerson documents the sweeping 55-year-long migration of black Americans from the South.

Entrepreneurs Fuel Post-Katrina Business Boom

Oil and gas fuel the engines of employment and industry in New Orleans, but one legacy of Katrina may change that -- a surprising surge in entrepreneurs. The latest numbers show that 450 out of every 100,000 New Orleans adults have started a business since the storm. That's 40 percent higher than the national rate. But there's still a significant wealth gap between rich and poor.

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Layon Gray’s Female Ballplayers at Actors Temple

Layon Gray’s play “All-American Girls” puts together an all-black female baseball team during World War II for a whodunit.

Unsolved Civil Rights Killings: The F.B.I. View

A reader responds to a recent article.

Revisiting Black History on Martha’s Vineyard

The African-American Heritage Trail now has 22 sites. Some day it will probably add a stop for the secluded farm the first black president rented.

Beck, Sharpton Lead Dueling Rallies In D.C.

From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck told a crowd of tens of thousands of people Saturday that the U.S. has too long "wandered in darkness."

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Civil Rights Leaders Skeptical Of Glenn Beck’s Rally

Glenn Beck and his supporters are staging a "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday. That happens to be the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Civil rights leaders are not happy. The event is billed as non-political, but it is headlined by former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

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Long, Slow Return for Black Churches in New Orleans

Black churches in the Lower Ninth Ward have struggled to reopen, and those that have draw only a fraction of the parishioners from before the storm.

Being Black Jews Without Dividing Loyalties

The killing of a Jamaican-born convert to Judaism has drawn some attention to the rare mix of race and religion.