Black History Month

Lyndon B. Johnson (whitehouse.gov)
Abraham Lincoln tops the list of best presidents for Black people because he did more than issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
/ July 4, 2022
The exhibition will run through Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Exhibition Hall at the Two Mississippi…
/ July 2, 2022
President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people.
/ July 2, 2022
"This project is something that we know is the right thing to do," Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said at Thursday's…
/ July 1, 2022
Maj. Dawanna Witt is running for Hennepin County sheriff, as is the ex-police chief of Morton, Minnesota and a South…
/ June 30, 2022
IIyasah Shabazz, theGrio.com
Educator and activist Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz thanks father, Malcolm X, for everything he has done for the Black community.
/ June 30, 2022
Bruce's Beach
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to return ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of Willa…
/ June 29, 2022
The Latimore Tourist Home was one of the places that provided overnight accommodations to Black Americans traveling in the South.
/ June 29, 2022
The national park system refers to about 40 places as "African American experience sites," and new sites are under consideration.
/ June 28, 2022
Sam Gilliam
Pioneering abstract artist Sam Gilliam died on June 25 at age 88. The cause was confirmed to be kidney failure.
/ June 28, 2022
Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, has…
/ June 28, 2022
Democratic Mayor-elect Garnett Johnson said ahead of last week's election that removing confederate monuments weren't a priority.
/ June 27, 2022