The following is a full transcript of President Barack Obama’s interview on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” Friday.

The number of U.S. children being raised by their grandparents rose sharply as the recession began, according to analysis of census data.

Only nine of the 289 Coast Guard Academy students sworn in last June were black.

The upcoming ABC drama "Detroit 1-8-7" is set to begin airing in September.

There is no issue more volatile, passionate, confusing, perplexing and complex than the reality of race in America.

In the annals of desegregation, Raleigh is barely a footnote.

A pair of 44-cent commemorative stamps will be dedicated in ceremonies Thursday at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.

The black community is hit especially hard by child obesity, she said, in part because fresh produce often is not available in poor urban areas.

Speaking outside an Oakland church Saturday night, Oscar Grant's uncle, Cephus Johnson, rejected the letter released Friday.

In Detroit, the lack of making parents accountable for their children partly is blamed on elevated truancy and dropout rates.

"Apathy is strangling you to death," Bill Cosby said, to rousing applause and a few 'Amens' from the crowd.

Budget cuts forced some communities to pull the plug on the pyrotechnics.

Serena Williams has sole possession of sixth place on the all-time greats list.