How do you define the blackness of a city? For Black History Month, we challenged writers to explain why they think…

Newark is so black that during the Great Migration, folks thought it was “New York,” got off the train, and stayed. T…

I’m not going to cite the Homestead Grays or the history of the Hill District. Nor will I The Pittsburgh Courier,…

Everyone believes in heaven.

As the story goes, around 1975, God was having a conversation with a few of his apostles about the blackest city in…

Look at those beautiful faces. Those are the children who lived in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. Because this picture…

There are very few words synonymous with blackness. “Harlem” fits that bill. Harlem is a place, yes, but it is also…