Ghetto perspective, Funny as high-water pants on a bodybuilder.

Barack Obama is the target of a shadowy smear campaign by falsely claiming he had a close friendship with an attractive African-American female employee.  

Profile: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 for portrayal of the African American experience. Toni Morrison returns with a new novel and stays as essential as ever  

Helen Henderson, 82 years old and African American, sat in the sunshine at 52d and Locust Streets yesterday, waiting for Barack Obama to arrive.  

Norwegian American Hospital has just announced the launch of its "Delivering Small Miracles" campaign, designed to build awareness of its long-standing commitment to providing the highest level of services and care through its Labor and Delivery, Special Care Nursery and Mother/Baby units...  

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A strange cold case murder story that stretched halfway around the globe and back over a span of nearly 30 years ended this weekend a few blocks from where it began, with the shocking suicide of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura in a downtown jail cell.  

WARREN -- Mayor Jim Fouts on Friday announced the hiring of former Pontiac Fire Chief Wilburt McAdams as the city's new fire commissioner. He is the first African-American to head a city department in Warren's history.  

A year before they're expected to break ground, organizers of a planned African-American museum in Nashville have started talking to state officials about extending that deadline a bit.  

When sophomore Tyna Washington received her acceptance letter to Washington University in 2005, she immediately set her mind to forming the first African American sorority at the University, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.  

Former Fortune 100 VP Roland Laird is CEO of Posro Media, a convergent entertainment company specializing in African American culture. Trenton, NJ (BlackNews.com) - Roland Laird is a critically acclaimed author with a passion for his culture and his community.  

"Houston Collects: African American Art" In 1865, a North Carolina father built a desk for his little girl, who was learning to read. Such a desk may not seem noteworthy, as it is rough-hewn and made from mismatched scraps of old furniture, with some pieces painted and others written upon. But...  

DETROIT — Chelsea Tipton II, resident conductor of the Toledo Symphony, has been scarce this month on his home turf. But he's getting a lot of exposure around the country as maestro of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra during its inaugural tour. Tipton and the SCO, plus its resident string group...  

Beginning in January, Gonzales will have its first-ever African American police chief. Sherman Jackson pulled out a convincing win with 68% of the vote.  

Blogs allow African Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State researcher, and this exploration may lead to another way to distribute health messages to the African American community.  

Historian Lonnie G. Bunch, in Birmingham today, seeks ideas for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture....  

On Saturday, October 18th, The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey will bring back 24 of the artists whose works the museum has displayed to help celebrate its 5th anniversary.