DE Div. of Historical Affairs Awarded Grant to Facilitate Work with Descendant Community
The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs announced that it has been awarded a grant to facilitate the division’s […]
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NJ Bill Would Establish Black Heritage Trail
A bill that would establish the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail has passed the state’s General Assembly and is moving […]
Delaware’s Only Revolutionary War Battleground to get New Interpretation and Improvements
Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site tells the story of the only battle that took place in Delaware during the Revolutionary War. […]
New DC Mural Pays Homage to Go-Go Music
Earlier this month MuralsDC unveiled a new work paying homage to the distinct DC sound of go-go music. The mural […]
John Dickinson Plantation Offering Guided Visits to African Burial Ground
Last March archeologists at the John Dickinson Plantation in Delaware located the site of a burial ground that holds the […]
Preservation of Historic Cabin in Maryland Finished
In the fall of 2018, a police officer from Hagerstown driving the wrong way down the road crashed his car […]
Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum to Reopen with Exhibit on Angela Davis
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University has been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. […]
Philly to Erect Marian Anderson Statue, City’s First Monument to a Black Woman
Philadelphia will soon have a new statue of the famed opera singer Marian Anderson. The monument will be the first […]
National Trust Awards Grants to Protect Black History Sites
Four years ago the National Trust for Historic Preservation launched its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund with the goal […]
Cape May’s Harriet Tubman Museum Opening to the Public
A year after holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May will be opening its doors for […]