There’s a complicated past behind that tasty bite on your fork and Satterfield tells the story.
These incidents beg us to consider the possible motives that may have driven Judah’s actions.
As the celebration of Black American liberation and a day remembering Union soldiers announcing the freedom of slaves in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 -- more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation -- here are 5 ways you can honor Juneteenth with your loved ones.
Because we're Black 365 days of the year.
If you didn't know, now ya know.
Make the next family movie night an educational night with these classic kid-friendly films about African American history.
If it weren't for Madame C.J. Walker, we might all be bald...
Is Mrs. Obama really the first black First Lady? Which US bill features a black man? You'll be surprised at the historical figures you didn't know were black.
Since the country’s inception, black women have been working tirelessly to advance the cause of medicine and eradicate sickness and disease. From the first black nurse to the first black female neurosurgeon, African-American women have solidified their place in medical history and left a legacy of firm determination, selfless compassion, and academic excellence. Dr. […]
There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the African-American framework, incited action and/or changed the way some interpreted the plight of Blacks in the diaspora. This list does not include the “I Have A […]
(AP) — Mississippi-born Frances Jones-Sneed moved to western Massachusetts feeling like a foreigner in the snowy hamlets of the Berkshire Mountains. She and her husband, who had taken a teaching job there, were one of the area’s few black families. Then Jones-Sneed was hired as a history professor at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts […]
(Boston Globe) — Renovations to the historic African Meeting House on Beacon Hill have received a boost in the form of a multimillion dollar federal grant, museum officials announced yesterday. The $4 million in federal stimulus funds will allow curators to finish restoring the building on Joy Street, designated a National Historic Landmark by the […]