WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?
Subject History; National Museum and Archives Description In all my years doing research at the National Archives, I had never cried. … Continue reading WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?
Subject History; National Museum and Archives Description In all my years doing research at the National Archives, I had never cried. … Continue reading WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?
Subject Veterans’ Day; Doug Melville Description Doug Melville knew he had to do something to make sure his family members’ legacies … Continue reading This Veterans’ Day, meet America’s first two Black generals, who are father and son
Subject Slavery Bill; Shevrin Jones Description Howard University is now the first historically Black university in history to have an intercollegiate … Continue reading Democratic Sen. Shevrin Jones filed bill on Black history standards
Subject Dallas Lynching; William Taylor Description Leaders and community members came together along the Trinity River in Dallas Saturday morning … Continue reading Landmark created in honor of Black man lynched along Trinity River in Dallas
Subject Arkansas; Statue; John H. Johnson Description ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. – A publishing icon and Natural State native was honored … Continue reading ‘It embeds my fathers legacy,’ John H. Johnson statue honors Arkansas native, Ebony publisher
Subject Congress Bertie Bowman Dies Description Congress’ longest-serving Black staffer, Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, who worked his way up from sweeping … Continue reading Longest-serving Black congressional staffer, Bertie Bowman, dies at 92
Subject Charlotte: Black Librarianship Description CHARLOTTE — A librarian in Charlotte is taking on a mission to tell the untold … Continue reading Charlotte librarian making documentary about Black librarians
Subject John Tucker; Lynching Description Nearly 200 years after he was beaten to death in a racially motivated lynching, the … Continue reading ‘Documenting uncomfortable history’: New historical marker tells story of 1845 lynching
Subject Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project Description Having grown up in Haddonfield, Malcolm Talton has become accustomed to telling the … Continue reading ‘The Point’ was once Haddonfield’s vibrant Black community. Now their stories will be preserved.
Subject Florida’s New Standards for Black History Education: A Step Backward? Description Florida has barred students from taking a new … Continue reading Frustrated by Florida’s changes to Black history curriculum? A scholar urges people to speak up