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Top 5 Influential African Americans in US History
There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...
Black Judges Discuss Growing Up During Segregation, Efforts to Diversify the Profession
Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...
At Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slavery
One year after the Civil War ended, Hagar Outlaw, a formerly enslaved woman in North Carolina, was desperate to find eight of ...
A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
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Visit Philadelphia’s Black History Month campaign celebrates family-owned businesses
The Legacy & Love campaign highlights 4 Black-owned businesses – and focuses on the family values that power them. Visit Philadelphia’s Legacy & Love campaign is celebrating Black History Month by ...
Black People Who Were Adopted By White Parents Are Explaining The Trauma Of Adoption, And It's A Necessary Read
"It’s rough growing up when people keep telling you 'you don’t act Black' yet you don’t look white. It could be awkward going ...
19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
Garden City's first new rental apartments in decades come with court-mandated affordable units
Garden City’s first new rentals in decades fuse upscale living with court-ordered affordability. Rents can run nearly $9,700 ...
Hampton Roads offers a variety of Black History Month events
Telling Our Stories: Black American History Celebration, 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 15. Chesapeake Public Libraries is hosting poet Sharran C. Taylor (aka Kween Yakini). The program will include original poetry ...
What we learned about American families from 10 years of surveys
The Munnses are certainly not alone. The 10th edition of the annual American Family Survey, released Thursday in Washington, ...
Things to do in Des Moines this weekend: African American festival, Puppy Bowl and model trains
Looking for something to do this weekend while you're waiting for the Big Game? Here's what's happening around the metro.