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Black History

Bertha Gober, a civil rights activist with a golden voice and powerful pen

by Herb Boyd The recent death of civil rights legend Charles Sherrod, who we profiled in last week’s column, summons a gallery...

Lewis Buckner, the Black architect whose buildings erected 143 years ago in Tennessee are still in good state

Stephen Nartey, Face2FaceAfrica Lewis Buckner’s work began gaining prominence in the 1870s. By the late 19th century, many of the houses in Sevier County in...

It was love at first sight: the story of how MLK met Coretta Scott

Francis Akhalbey, Face2FaceAfrica.com Several women played significant roles in Martin Luther King’s life and activism. In an interview, Marcia Chatelain, who is a professor of...

Florida to Black People: We’re Not Teaching Your History

The state’s Board of Education has sparked nationwide outrage over the decision to block AP African American Studies from being taught. by Aziah Siid, A...

California Family Whose Beachfront Properties were Seized 100 years ago, Sells Land Back to County for $20 Million

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire The great-grandchildren of the African American couple Willa and Charles Bruce, whose land in Southern California was taken...

MLK Storyfest Centers Black History

By BRIAN SLATTERY | New Haven Independent Through words, music, and movement, storytellers, drummers, and dancers offered dozens of families a chance to find their place in...

Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw | La Sentinel It was his final march, standing shoulder to shoulder with the striking sanitation workers of Memphis, TN,...

Late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis honored with a stamp

By Houston Defender Civil rights giant and former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who spent decades fighting for racial justice, will be honored with a postage...

Notable Deaths

By AFRO News This is a compiled list of individuals who made a great impact in the world. From Charles McGee, a member of the Tuskegee...

Jackie Robinson Museum honors MLB’s first Black player—and Black progress

By Karen Juanita Carrillo | Amsterdam News New York City’s Jackie Robinson Museum (JRM), which opened in its 20,000 square-foot 75 Varick St. location in Lower Manhattan this past...
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