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CU community mourning youth role model Dr. William Patterson
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 months agoURBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Community members from Champaign-Urbana are mourning the loss of Dr. William...
Black History Month in Bloomington: what to know, where to go and who to follow
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both...
First U.S. woman undertaker helped people flee slavery in coffins. Meet Henrietta Duterte
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“I saw my mother raise a man from the dead.” Born enslaved, the man’s only way out of the American...
Op-eds from 1968: Bloomington residents divided by Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, legacy
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both...
Why I’m Not Shedding Tears For Queen Elizabeth II
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe shock and utter disgust I felt as I tapped through Instagram and WhatsApp stories and saw so many Africans posting pictures of the Queen Elizabeth...
Emmett Till exhibit at The Children's Museum contends with brutal, emotional history
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEmmett Till's brutal murder has become one of the most searing pieces of American history stored in...
For many Native Americans, hair tells a life story
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNavajo woman helping her husband braid his hairgrandriver/Getty Images In Indigenous cultures, hair holds a significant purpose. Different hairstyles can...
The first Thanksgiving was actually in Florida nearly 60 years before the Pilgrims in Plymouth, some...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn artistic depiction of the Pilgrims feast with the Wampanoag in 1621, published in 1932.Universal...
Ruth Carter’s Advice for Aspiring Costume Designers: ‘Be an Out-of-the-Box Thinker’
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt took Ruth Carter a while to revisit the night she made history with her Academy Award win for her...
Fact Check | What happened when Pilgrims met Native Americans?
Revolt via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNative American Girls Gather At Plymouth For Day Of Mourning in counterpoint to Pilgrims'...