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Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Historian Who Created a Database of Enslaved People, Dies at 93
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGwendolyn Midlo Hall Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, best known for creating a database of over 100,000...
Sisters reclaim historic plantation to serve local Black community
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA plantation house in Wallace, Louisiana, that Jo and Joy Banner purchased in 2004 and renamed the...
Modern-day culture wars are playing out on historic tours of slaveholding plantations
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThese statues of enslaved young boys are part of a modern-day depiction of southern plantation life...
A Corporation Ignoring a Whistleblower About Disruption to a Historic Site? You Don't Say
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA while back, the shebeen discussed the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a group of activists fighting a...
Climate Change Is Destroying American History
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs climate change increases the severity of extreme weather—and as the history community struggles to meet the crisis—the nation’s legacy is at risk
Should a Florida state park still honor the Confederacy? Calls for change go unheard
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn a sunny spring day at a state park in Florida, the United Daughters of the Confederacy threw a...
Ida 1 year later: 'There's still blue tarps on people's roofs'
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Aug. 29, 2021, residents of Louisiana held their breath as Hurricane Ida tested the mettle of the...
Book Look: 'How the Word is Passed' dives into the reality of American history, slavery
Watertown Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI have spent hundreds of hours during my life wondering why people believe what they do. Is it...
Dave Chappelle buddy Talib Kweli is part of Delaware Black History Month celebration
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhat does comedian Dave Chappelle's friend Talib Kweli and "Wakanda Forever" actress Angela...
The African American Cultural Heritage Fund Is Granting $3 Million to These 33 Historic Sites
Veranda via Yahoo News· 2 years ago33 Historic Sites Received $33 Million in GrantsEli Pousson/Flickr Some aspects of modern living and...