Subject Marines; Military; Memorials; Florida Description A Monument – In honor of The 13 Unsung Heroes; While cities across the … Continue reading Key West Dedicates New Memorial to Local Black Men Who Were Montford Point Marines
Subject Celebration; Birthday; Nat King Cole Description Nat King Cole was a musical trailblazer, activist, and undeniably unique. He sold more … Continue reading Celebrating Nat King Cole’s 100th Birthday
Subject Anti-Slavery Speech; Frederick Douglass Description What the Black man wants: speech of Frederick Douglass at the annual meeting of … Continue reading Frederick Douglass Project: “What the Black Man Wants”
Subject Kiese Laymon; Author; Black Heroism Description BLACK SOUTHERN WRITER KIESE LAYMON EXPLORES RADICAL BLACK HEROISM, WHAT IT MEANS TO … Continue reading 2020 Taught Us: For Black Boys When Losing Heroes Becomes Too Much
Subject Sit-Ins; Civil Rights Movement; Arlington; Printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Description The Arlington County government had planned to mark … Continue reading Arlington to mark anniversary of lunch-counter sit-ins
Subject Kofi Siriboe; Black Ownership; Celebrity Description Kofi Siriboe is beautiful. There’s no question there, I mean…whew. And what’s most beautiful … Continue reading Kofi Siriboe Says Black Ownership Is Everything If You Value The Truth
Subject Community Organizing; Brotherhood; Coronavirus; Pandemic Description From a constant news cycle revealing more and more Black people killed by … Continue reading Black Men Build unites Black men in community organizing, brotherhood
Subject Enslaved; US Car Companies; C.R. Patterson & Sons Description C.R. Patterson & Sons, which started as a carriage building … Continue reading One of the Earliest US Car Companies Was Founded by a Formerly Enslaved Man
Subject CEO; Librarian; NLSA Description The Executive Director, AfLIA, Dr. Helena Asamoah-Hassan, on behalf of the Governing Council and the … Continue reading AfLIA Congratulates Mr. Kepi Madumo on His Appointment As National Librarian and CEO of the NLSA
