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Key events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Key events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson, whose name...
Black Americans’ influence on Washington, D.C., etched in design, stone and history
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves.” — Michelle Obama. Former first lady...
From Katharine Hepburn to Randy Savage: 5 interesting guests of the Evansville Coliseum
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEVANSVILLE — As the push to renovate the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum in Downtown...
How Beyoncé Fits Into the Storied Legacy of Black Country
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCredit - Illustration by Shyama Golden for TIME On March 16, 1983, the Country Music Association...
Black History Month News coverage of race relations through the years shows shifts in reporting,...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—The Tribune-Democrat and its predecessors, The Johnstown Tribune and The Johnstown Democrat, have chronicled the history of race relations in the local area and across the United States ...
How did words like periodt, GYAT, cap and drip come to be? All about the Black history of slang
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the realm of pop culture, new phrases and slang are constantly being introduced to growing...
Chappie James was a voice of strength and unity when we needed it most
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt was Easter Sunday − March 26, 1967 − as Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Austin Crow and...
A memorial at war with itself — like Lincoln
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlacid. Peaceful. You could be forgiven for thinking, when you look at the benign figure of Abraham Lincoln, sitting on his throne at the Lincoln...