Follow the latest Race Relations news, videos, and analysis from ABC News.
July 5, 2022, 6:48 PM
Advocates call on Biden to act on reparations study by Juneteenth
They've set up a protest site on the Ellipse near the White House.
July 5, 2022, 6:48 PM
June 22, 2022, 8:48 PM
Walmart expands health services to address racial inequality
Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care
June 22, 2022, 8:48 PM
June 22, 2022, 2:26 PM
Tampa high school will retire its Native American mascot
A Florida high school will retire its “Chiefs" mascot following an emotional school board meeting over the Native American symbol
June 22, 2022, 2:26 PM
June 16, 2022, 7:33 PM
Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic terms
Some racial and ethnic classifications haven't been changed in a quarter century
June 16, 2022, 7:33 PM
June 11, 2022, 10:00 PM
New York fund apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study
Researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of the disease to study it.
June 11, 2022, 10:00 PM
1 month ago
California reparations report lays out path to remedy systemic racism
California's first-of-a-kind task force on reparations has released its first report on how to remedy systemic racism.
1 month ago
2 months ago
Wisconsin man gets 10 years in prison for racist acid attack
A judge has sentenced a white Milwaukee man to a decade in prison for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a 2019 racist attack
2 months ago
2 months ago
How ‘great replacement theory’ is helping to fuel racist attacks
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Stony Brook University sociologist Dr. Crystal Fleming about how Buffalo’s shooting highlights the “great replacement” theory that has fueled several racist attacks.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Advocates, lawmaker call for Biden to sign an executive order to study reparations
Advocates and a lawmaker call for President Biden to sign an executive order to study reparations as H.R. 40 stalls in Congress.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Nurse rejected over race honored by hospital 71 years later
Betty Brown was rejected by Advocate Sherman Hospital for nursing school 71 years ago because she is Black. Now, that hospital is apologizing.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Officials call for investigation into alleged profiling of lacrosse team
Delaware officials are calling for an investigation into allegations of racial profiling following the search of a bus transporting female student-athletes in Georgia.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Illinois predominantly Black college closing after 157 years
A predominantly Black college in central Illinois that saw its enrollment plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic says it has been unable to recover and must close its doors after 157 years
2 months ago
2 months ago
Jay Z’s Roc Nation convenes social justice summit to drive action amid midterms
Jay Z’s record label, Roc Nation, convened a coalition of social justice leaders from various industries for a summit that is set to take place in July amid the midterms.
2 months ago
2 months ago
As diversity rises, US boards still disproportionately white
Following a pressure campaign from outsiders, more companies are disclosing the racial breakdowns of their boards of directors
2 months ago
2 months ago
Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre file lawsuit
Viola Ford Fletcher was only a child when she and others ran for their lives after white neighbors destroyed their prosperous community, known as “Black Wall Street.”
2 months ago
2 months ago
Black doctors say they face discrimination based on race
After Dr. Dare Adewumi was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlanta-area hospital, he says he quickly faced racial discrimination that ultimately led to his firing
2 months ago
2 months ago
Minneapolis Police Department engaged in racial discrimination, state says
The investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department has concluded, almost two years after the death of George Floyd.
2 months ago
3 months ago
New report shows social and economic status of Black Americans
The National Urban League released a 2022 report of the state of Black America which reveals why it is harder for Black people to vote and what needs to happen for equality to happen.
3 months ago
3 months ago
'Go, Mississippi': State could ditch song with racist roots
Mississippi is on the verge of retiring a state song with racist roots, two years after it surrendered a Confederate-themed state flag
3 months ago
3 months ago
Black former employees sue Google for racial discrimination
Former Black employees sue Google for racial discrimination
3 months ago
4 months ago
All-Black, all-female World War II battalion to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal
The only all-Black, all-female battalion that served in World War II in the U.S. and in Europe is set to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
4 months ago
4 months ago
Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms
4 months ago
4 months ago
W. Virginia Senate blows deadline to pass teaching race bill
The Republican supermajority in the West Virginia Legislature has failed to pass a controversial bill restricting how race is taught in public schools before a midnight deadline
4 months ago
4 months ago
New Mexico increases focus on race in K-12 despite backlash
As conservative-run states across the U.S. move to restrict discussion of race, gender, and identity in the classroom, progressive-run states are trying to prioritize those discussions
4 months ago
4 months ago
Trayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen's death changes nation
The killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a stranger still reverberates 10 years later -- in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media
4 months ago
5 months ago
Howard gets $2M grant to digitize Black newspaper archive
Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize a major collection of Black newspaper archives in hopes of making it more broadly available to researchers and the general public
5 months ago
5 months ago
Race in America
Members of the Black, Asian and Jewish communities discuss how hate has directly affected them.
5 months ago
5 months ago
A racial reckoning: what has changed?
Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt discusses his part on the legal teams for Ahmaud Arbery and Atatiana Jefferson and how to tackle the rise in hate crimes.
5 months ago
5 months ago
FBI: Violence against people of Asian descent has risen 76% since 2020
Senior staff attorney of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Stanley Mark, discusses the uptick in violent crimes against people of Asian descent.
5 months ago
5 months ago
Preschool closes, apologizes after blackface activity
A Massachusetts Montessori preschool has shut down and apologized after a classroom full of toddlers painted black faces on paper plates and held them up to their own faces to celebrate Black History Month
5 months ago
5 months ago
District settles lawsuit over groups for students of color
A Massachusetts school district has settled a federal lawsuit challenging its creation of affinity groups for Black, Latinx and Asian students
5 months ago
5 months ago
Top Hollywood actresses open up about being Black in Hollywood
A new “Soul of a Nation” takes a look at the careers of Black women in Hollywood, including Halle Berry and Tessa Thompson.
5 months ago
6 months ago
History of racism in America is history ‘stolen from all of us’: Jeffery Robinson
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks to Jeffery Robinson, former ACLU deputy legal director, about his new documentary, “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America."
6 months ago
6 months ago
Guaranteed income experiment for Black women aims to tackle racial wealth gap
This guaranteed income experiment for Black women in Georgia is one of the largest experiments in the U.S.
6 months ago
6 months ago
How Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest for justice sparked civil rights movement
Till-Mobley’s story is told in the new ABC docuseries, “Let the World See.”
6 months ago
6 months ago
Santa Monica offering families displaced by historical construction projects priority in affordable housing
Reports estimate 600 Black families were displaced by a highway construction.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers
Historical markers educate the public and can help fight systemic racism.
6 months ago
7 months ago
Advocates push for clemency for Black soldiers in 1917 riot
110 Black soldiers were convicted in a mutiny at a military camp in Houston.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Meek Mill hoops with Philly kids affected by justice system
Meek Mill played basketball before the 76ers game with 25 Philadelphia-area children from families who have been adversely affected by the criminal justice system
7 months ago
7 months ago
House approves Omar-backed bill to combat Islamophobia following Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks
The House approved a bill that seeks to combat "worldwide" Islamophobia in response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks against Rep. Ilhan Omar.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Black high school students say they’re afraid for their lives after racist texts
A racially charged text thread amongst a group of white students at a Houston area high school has black students there fearing for their lives.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Criminal justice system is 'still imperfect': Brazile
The Powerhouse Roundtable breaks down the latest news on "This Week."
7 months ago
7 months ago
'America's quest for the more perfect union is constantly being tested': Thomas
Pierre Thomas reflects on the justice system in America.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Pelosi denounces faith-based attacks on Omar as 'indecent' and 'dangerous'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's faith-based attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is Muslim, are "indecent" and "dangerous."
7 months ago
7 months ago
‘1619’ author, Nikole Hannah-Jones opens up about race and identity
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is the author of a new book based on her previous work titled, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” where she argues slavery is central in the fabric of the U.S.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Her father was one of Groveland Four. 72 years later, she helped clear his name
A judge posthumously exonerated four Black men, known as the "Groveland Four" after they were falsely accused of raping a white woman in Groveland, Florida in 1949.
7 months ago
8 months ago
How race may have impact how trials have been facilitated
Professor of criminal law Kirk Burkhalter discusses how race is affecting how the trial may be adjudicated and what police departments can do to better relationships with communities of color.
8 months ago
8 months ago
What is colorism? Study highlights discrimination based on skin color among Hispanics
Dark-skinned Hispanics have said they experience more discrimination than lighter-skinned counterparts.
8 months ago
8 months ago
'Prison gerrymandering' endures in Nevada, despite law
Nevada counts almost half its inmates in districts where they're incarcerated.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards
In school board races around the country, activists are running against critical race theory
8 months ago