Maryland Announces Funding for African American Preservation Projects
Since its founding in 2010, Maryland’s African American Heritage Preservation Program has awarded nearly $10 million in grants to help […]
African-American history
Louis Armstrong House Museum Launches First Virtual Exhibit
Like many touring musicians, jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong spent much of his career on the road, spending most nights at […]
You Can Help Transcribe a Historic DC-Area Black Newspaper
If you have always wanted to get a peek at the Smithsonian’s archives, now you can- at least digitally. The […]
Black Votes Mural Project Transforms MD’s African American Heritage Museum
If you visit the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Maryland this year, you will be greeted by two large-scale murals. The first […]
NY State Office of Parks Welcomes New Interpreter of African American History
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the government agency that oversees the state’s historic sites, […]
Maryland State House Honors Abolitionists
The Maryland State House has frequently been the site of controversy over public artwork. Until 2017, a statue of Roger […]
Philly’s John Coltrane House Added to PA 2020 At Risk List
In 1952, jazz pioneer John Coltrane purchased a rowhome in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The six years that Coltrane lived […]
Maryland Awards Nearly $1 million in Grants to African American Heritage Sites
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Maryland Historical Trust honored the start of Black History Month […]
Preservationists Plan to Turn Building that Housed NJ’s First Hospital for Black Patients into Museum
Today, 132 West Kinney Street houses the New Salem Baptist Church. However, when the building was erected in 1927, it […]
Maryland Historical Society Asks Public to Help Identity Individuals In Civil Rights Era Photos
Photojournalist Paul Henderson worked for The Baltimore Afro-American from 1929 until the 1960s. During his long career, Henderson captured thousands of […]