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This June on the 19th, many Americans will gather to celebrate Junteenth, now the newest federal holiday in the United States. Though it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a date that was long omitted from history books—and wasn’t designated as a federal holiday until 2021, after […]
Published 2024-02-01 09:51 9:51 February 1, 2024 am This Black History Month, we’re telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History chooses a theme for Black History Month that celebrates an element . . […]
WORCESTER, Mass. – Getting a book published can be a difficult task, even by today’s standards. In the 19th century, facing many obstacles including finances and race, Worcester’s Black authors would do it on their own. “What Worcester writers did is something different,” said John Garcia, the American Antiquarian Society’s director of scholarly programs and partnerships. […]
Posters for Montreal International Black Film Festival outside the Imperial Cinema Sept. 27, 2023. (Gareth Madoc-Jones, CityNews) The opening night of the 19th Montreal International Black Film Festival starts off with a red carpet screening at the Imperial Cinema that features “The Space Race.” “It’s about breaking down racial barriers. And right now, you know, […]
NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn is working on a history book he calls a “passion project”: The story of the eight Black congressmen who represented South Carolina in the decades immediately following the Civil War. Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday that it has a deal with Clyburn for “The First Eight,” […]
Viewed on a timeline, the events and the people of history seem to grow ever more distant as the past slips away from a “modern” world that is constantly being made anew. For us, it is axiomatic that “this time it’s different”, because we are always covering new ground, always leaving the past further behind […]
Published March 8, 2023, 6:05 am CT 2023-03-08 06:05 6:05 March 8, 2023 am For Women’s History Month, we’re letting women tell their stories in their own words through thoughtful conversations. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. While White women . . .
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A single picture can tell you a thousand words. That’s what the University of Virginia is hoping to do with a new exhibit that features thousands of images of portraits of African-Americans during the time of the Jim Crow era in central Virginia. The Holsinger Studio Collection is opening at UVA’s […]
Alert: California to limit reparations to descendants of free, enslaved Black people in the U.S. in the 19th century Seattle PI Source link
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