An article about the life and death of educator, author, and African American leader Booker T. Washington on 14 November 1915... (Read More)
An article about “The Green Book,” an important guide for African American travelers back in the days of Jim Crow segregation... (Read More)
An article about an “index-a-thon” of volunteers for the Freedmen’s Bureau Project... (Read More)
An article about the First Canadian Black History Summit recently held in Ontario, Canada, on 16 April 2016... (Read More)
A review of Glenn A. Knoblock’s book “African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England.”.. (Read More)
An article about the Voting Rights March on 21 March 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr... (Read More)
In honor of Women’s History Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about four African American women heroes... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers and other sources to learn about the WWII African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen... (Read More)
A look at some of the articles published in the inaugural issue of Freedom’s Journal, the first African American newspaper published in America... (Read More)
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