Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black athletes loving their partners is Black love personified. These professional athletes prove Black love is not a myth. Here ...

A recent book is here to remind us that Black love can facilitate healing, joy, resilience and so much more. Its multitude and vastness has been weaved together in the anthology "Black Love Letters," ...

In 1993, activist Ayo Handy Kendi incorporated National Black Love Day on February 13th to celebrate Black love from history, heritage, and culture. As we celebrated Black Love Day on the 13th of ...

This story appears in the January/February issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands now. Amid economic turmoil, political unrest, public health crises and general global strife, love—especially Black love—is a ...

Black love on the big screen is arguably one of the greatest positive representations of Black identity and culture in film. For a community that is often overlooked in TV and film, from casting to ...

Finding and keeping a good Black man in a relationship has become a cottage industry. From celebrities and reality TV stars to social media influencers, for better or worse, there is no shortage of ...

Valentine's Day—an European-centric holiday, which packages romance and "I love yous" around Hallmark cards and boxes of Godiva—is not the only celebration black people are participating in this ...

Within the Black community, the act of prevailing Black love is considered a revolutionary stance against a society hell-bent on seeking its erasure since the inception of slavery. As documented in ...

Jada Pinkett Smith's mother, who has been open about her sobriety journey, and her husband open up in the OWN docuseries Black Love about how "self-work" helped their relationship Joelle Goldstein is ...

As we near the end of Black History Month, it is important to reflect on and acknowledge how we express Black love, especially towards Black men. Black love encompasses self-love, which is often ...

Our forever first lady and former president Michelle and Barack Obama have been a pillar of Black love for years. The happily married power couple met while they were studying law in their hometown of ...