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Juneteenth 2024: What to do, where to celebrate in NYC
New York Daily News· 5 days agoNew York City offers an expansive lineup of Juneteenth events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day...
Boeing CEO testifies before Senate after another whistleblower comes forward | The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 minutes agoThree years after it was made a federal holiday, it marks the day the last African-American slaves were notified that they had been freed, according to the National Museum ...
11 Inspiring Places Around the U.S. to Learn More About Black History
Veranda via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFrom museums to theaters, there's plenty to do in these storied destinations. Here, the best trips...
Willie Mays, the greatest all-round player in baseball history, who helped to breach racial barriers...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 3 hours agoWillie Mays, who has died aged 93, was one of the best baseball players in the history of his sport;...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours ago“Oftentimes they face the wrecking ball...you can rebuild them, but you can’t rebuild that history.”...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
New York Daily News· 20 hours agoOn Juneteenth, New York City continues to offer a wide array of events to commemorate June 19, 1865...
Rodreguez King-Dorset, creator of Windrush Secret: "The Windrush scandal isn't over"
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 21 minutes agoWe don’t learn from history.” Later, he adds that “people generally distort the truth of the past in...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 2 days agoMuseums like Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South ...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours agoJust 5.7% of all players on opening-day rosters and injured lists this year are Black, the lowest percentage since 1955, according to USA TODAY Sports’ research. “This is ...
Shirley Chisholm's legacy celebrated in new NYC exhibit
ABC7 New York· 7 days agoThe world had never witnessed anything like it - a Black woman announcing her run for President of...