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These 9 still-standing landmarks help keep Charlotte’s Black history alive
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOne of the last remaining vestiges of the old Brooklyn neighborhood — once home to a thriving Black...
Fayetteville's Black Spaces: How the church has served as a community cornerstone
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe role of the church serving as a sacred space and community space for the Black community dates...
Tallahassee pioneer Edith Young Crump celebrates 100th birthday
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTallahassee has its share of strong, successful women — and a special one is Edith Pauline Young...
To close racial wealth gap, Westchester churches aim to educate prospective homebuyers
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe homeownership rate among Black and Latino residents in Westchester County is half that of white...
Somerset County reinvests in local history. Here's how
Courier News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSomerset County has awarded grants to eight organizations to promote the celebration of the county's...
Remember when ... Central Jersey reacts to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
Home News Tribune | My Central Jersey via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCivil rights movement leader, advocate of nonviolence and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King...
Celebrating the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Scarboro 85, and sponsors
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA hush fell over the more than 500 people in attendance at the Historic Grove Theatre when the Fisk...
MarionMade!: Black leadership in Marion between the world wars
The Marion Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEach week, Marion Technical College shares MarionMade! stories of our many wonderful people, places,...
How a Civil War general, a Phillies manager and a sea lion made their start in Utica
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 10 months ago1862, 161 years ago Two men talking No doubt this conversation never took place between President...
My Grandmother Taught Me Self-Liberation. Now I’m Ready To Pay It Forward.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGeorge M. Johnson as a child, with their grandmother aka Nanny. “Youneverreally were a boy, but you...