Black History Month

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, renown freedom fighter and the first Black woman to run for the White House, has passed away at…
/ December 27, 2022
The proclamation didn’t bring immediate freedom to the approximately 4 million enslaved Black people. But it did lead to significant…
/ December 27, 2022
Charles Harris, the first Black athletic director at the University of Pennsylvania from 1979-85, passed away earlier this month at…
/ December 23, 2022
KKK plaque
A commission created by Congress recommended that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed…
/ December 23, 2022
The House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till.
/ December 22, 2022
A statue of Henrietta Lacks is set to replace a monument of confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, Virginia.
/ December 21, 2022
Michelle Woodfork NOPD
Michelle Woodfork has been named the interim chief of NOPD, becoming the first Black woman to lead the department.
/ December 21, 2022
Marietta History Center and Cobb Landmarks have recently placed a historic marker on a Black-owned home in downtown Marietta.
/ December 20, 2022
IAAM officials plan to review opening plans due to issues with the humidity and their building's temperature controls.
/ December 20, 2022
The holidays are the perfect time to reconnect with your roots and lineage through DNA testing and genealogy research.
/ December 19, 2022
When We All Vote Inaugural Culture Of Democracy Summit
"The 1619 Project," created by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been adapted to a docuseries premiering Jan. 26 on Hulu.
/ December 16, 2022