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Underground Railroad walking trail coming to Sandusky
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 12 hours agoSandusky was critical during the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom....
SMH...Yet Another Court Blocks Black Woman-Owned Grant Program From Giving Money to Underserved...
The Root· 5 days agoIn another blow to affirmative action efforts nationwide, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...
Freed slave was original owner of area now known as Fondren
WLBT 3· 1 day agoAs Fondren moves forward with its vision for the future, there is a little-known fact about its...
NYC Audubon group changes name to reject namesake's pro-slavery views
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe New York City Audubon Society has officially changed its name to distance itself from the...
Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 6 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in...
New York City Audubon changes name over racist past
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe New York City Audubon organization has officially changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the history of John James Audubon,...
Daphne's overlooked cemetery recognized, honoring slaves and soldiers on D-Day anniversary
WPMI NBC 15· 2 days agoIt's the final resting place of dozens of civil war era and World War II soldiers, as well as...
Suits actor Wendell Pierce claims he was denied housing in New York over race
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLast year I finished a run on Broadway in DEATH OF A SALESMAN,” his post read. “Even with my proof...
Echoes of Drew Scott case in today’s Supreme Court | Letters
NJ.com· 3 days agoIn 1857, four of the U.S. Supreme Court justices hearing the Dred Scott v. Sanford case were slave...
‘You have to know your history and build on it.’ Clay County kicks off Juneteenth celebration with...
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 1 day agoWe’re days away from the Juneteenth holiday but residents in Liberty, Missouri are already...