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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A special sign unveiling is scheduled in Charles Town Friday honoring the first Black woman to become a licensed horse trainer. Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, who was born in Charles Town in 1920, had a pony as a little girl, according to her daughter, LaVerne Bishop. Her love for horses was sealed […]
Jackson Green, an activist from Utah, has been arrested and charged with defacing a memorial to Black Civil War soldier at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC last autumn. According to a recently
African American Memorial Day Observations From Reconstruction to World War I In the decades following the Civil War, the role of African Americans in the celebration of Memorial Day remained a large one, especially in the South. Throughout the Reconstruction era, African Americans made up the vast majority of the day’s observers in the South, […]
A pair of explosions on Wednesday at a memorial for Iran’s former top general, Qassim Suleimani, killed at least 103 people and wounded an additional 211, according to Iranian officials, sowing fear in a country where domestic unrest and the prospect of a spiraling regional war have left many on edge. Iranian officials told state […]
This year, Rear Adm. John Menoni, Acting Commander, Navy Installations Command, held the honor and privilege of being the guest speaker for the event held at the Navy Memorial plaza and visitor center in Washington D.C. on 11 Nov. The Navy Memorial plaza resonated with pride as the Navy Band played, the Honor Guard took […]
Obituary published on Legacy.com by Silverton Memorial Funeral Home – Toms River on Nov. 21, 2023. Kenneth H. Black passed away Friday, November 17, 2023 at Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ at the age of 73. Born in Dover, NJ to Paul E. and Violet M. (Caskey) Conklin on 10/07/1950 and adopted […]
Obituary published on Legacy.com by Cozean Memorial Chapel – Farmington on Oct. 27, 2023. Norman Ray BlackFARMINGTON– Norman Ray Black, of Farmington, entered into eternal rest on October 26, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South at the age of 87. He was born on August 11, 1936, in Owls Bend, Missouri, to the late Charley and […]
From a community harvest day on July 4, 2022 • Courtesy of BLMG Seattle Parks & Recreation (SPR) plans to remove the Black Lives Memorial Garden (BLMG) as early as this Friday, October 13th, to complete a “turf renovation” project and return the space to “natural grass.” Black Star Farmers was notified on October 4th […]
10 October 2023 Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of General Casimir Pulaski — whose story is forever woven into our Nation’s fight for independence and who remains a source of inspiration for all those standing for the cause of freedom around the world. Born and raised in Warsaw, General Pulaski long fought against […]
Black Betty Davis, 15, recently passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023. Private burial services were held on the same day at Little Paw Memorial Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Texas. In order to honor Black Betty Davis’ memory, donations can be made to PAWS of Franklin County. Published by Legacy on Oct. 10, 2023. Legacy.com […]