African American Cemetery in MD Among Most Endangered Sites in America
Each year the National Trust for Historic Preservation releases its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The list […]
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Joy Bivins Named Director of Schomburg Center
The New York Public Library has appointed curator Joy Bivins as the new director of the Schomburg Center for Research […]
Delaware Senate Passes Legislation on Year-Round Black History Education
Legislation mandating year-round Black history education in Delaware has passed a major hurdle as the state Senate voted 15-6 in […]
7th Annual Public History Community Forum Draws Capacity Crowd to Philadelphia
The 7th Annual Public History Community Forum was held Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Franklin Hall of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
New Book Explores Life of Ona Judge, Enslaved Woman Who Escaped George Washington in Philadelphia
A professor of black studies and history at University of Delaware has written the first full-length nonfiction account of the life of Ona Judge.
Goin' North
In addition to the commemorations of the Centennial of the Great War that have been occurring throughout the city this […]
Through a Lens, Clearly: The Civil Rights Movement in the Camera's Eye
By Gail Friedman It has been more than 50 years since television news and picture magazines began bringing into American […]