The attorney for Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), whose client has been the target of an FBI corruption sting for nearly a year, said yesterday that Jefferson's official business dealings in Africa ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Testimony before a federal grand jury about Rep. William Jefferson's role in passing an African trade bill and the influence it gave him with African leaders violated a separation of ...

Thomas Jefferson’s skepticism about the ability of African-Americans to produce poetry and art prompted black authors to prove their equality in literature, Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Friday as he ...