Black History Month

Statue of Daisy Bates closer to replacing image of white supremacist in U.S. Capitol

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Black family to get $20M for beach property relatives lost during Jim Crow

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Notable moments in Black history we should remember in 2023

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Paul Robeson House new reading room pays tribute to his wife

A newly created reading room at the Paul Robeson House and Museum in West Philadelphia pays tribute to the late…
/ December 29, 2022

New Orleans guitarist Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington dead at 79

Washington, a cornerstone of The Big Easy musical nightlife for decades, has died of cancer days after his birthday.
/ December 29, 2022

Winston-Salem sells homes for $1 to help preserve African American community

A Winston-Salem organization has been trying to acquire the remaining shotgun houses in the historical Happy Hill community for seven…
/ December 28, 2022

Charlene Mitchell, first Black woman to run for president, dies at 92

Charlene Mitchell, renown freedom fighter and the first Black woman to run for the White House, has passed away at…
/ December 27, 2022

The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a country — and the work still to be done

The proclamation didn’t bring immediate freedom to the approximately 4 million enslaved Black people. But it did lead to significant…
/ December 27, 2022

UPenn’s first Black athletic director, Charles Harris, dies at 71

Charles Harris, the first Black athletic director at the University of Pennsylvania from 1979-85, passed away earlier this month at…
/ December 23, 2022
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West Point moves to vanquish confederate symbols from campus

A commission created by Congress recommended that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed…
/ December 23, 2022

Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medal

The House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till.
/ December 22, 2022

Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Roanoke, Virginia

A statue of Henrietta Lacks is set to replace a monument of confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, Virginia.
/ December 21, 2022
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New Orleans mayor names first Black woman as interim police chief

Michelle Woodfork has been named the interim chief of NOPD, becoming the first Black woman to lead the department.
/ December 21, 2022

Black-owned home in Georgia town gets historic marker, others to come

Marietta History Center and Cobb Landmarks have recently placed a historic marker on a Black-owned home in downtown Marietta.
/ December 20, 2022

International African American Museum in South Carolina delays January launch

IAAM officials plan to review opening plans due to issues with the humidity and their building's temperature controls.
/ December 20, 2022