Black History
Descendents Of Displaced Black Community Want Reparations From UGA
Although steps have been taken to address the displacement, some members of the Linnentown project believe that reparations should come...
Alabama Looks to Expunge Records For Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.
It would be long overdue.
“New Orleans Four” Honored During 61st Anniversary Of Elementary School Integration
The former McDonough 19 first-graders were once the only students. After that, the Associated Press reported many parents decided to...
123 Years Later, Black Man Killed in N.C. Massacre Honored With Funeral
A black man killed during the Wilmington massacre over 120 years ago was finally honored with a funeral service last...
A 15-Year-Old Alabama Girl Refused To Give Up Her Seat Months Before Rosa Parks, She Now Wants Record Expunged For 1955 Arrest In Montgomery, Alabama
Colorism may have played a part in Colvin's erasure of being the first person to challenge the Jim Crow bus...
Statue of Civil Rights Leader Mary McLeod Bethune Unveiled in Florida
The statue will be the first statue of a Black person in the Capitol Building’s National Statuary Hall.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum Moving To $27 Million St. Petersburg Facility
Woodson was the first scholar to study African American history and the African diaspora.
Marian Croak and Dr. Patricia Bath Become First Black Women Inducted to The National Inventors Hall of Fame
Bath's induction is postmortem. The honor for both women is long overdue.
Five-Hundred And Fifty African-American Graves Found In Delaware
The cemetery was closed in 1945 and only had records indicating 82 people were buried there.
West Point Honors Buffalo Soldiers With Monument
The Buffalo Soldiers are such an important part of American history!
