Posts by Anthony Ferraro
Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in the country moved to Virginia museum
The oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history.
Read MoreBlack History Month scrutinized amid conservative backlash to race in education
As teachers conduct their Black History Month curriculum amid the conservative backlash against certain lessons on race, some worry about the future of the annual celebration as well as its place in education.
Read MoreFrom Halftime to MVPs, Black History Is Part of the Super Bowl
Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs made history Sunday when two Black quarterbacks faced each other in a Super Bowl for the first time.
Read MoreThe push for a bill that would drive research into reparations for Black Americans
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the effort to reintroduce H.R. 40, a bill that would create a task force to study reparations for Black Americans.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: A Time of Terror
Dr. James Cameron is the only known survivor of a lynching to write and publish a memoir about such an experience. We will discuss his memoir on February 23, 2023.
Read MoreHistoric Bronzeville Milwaukee (Museum Days With ABHM)
Learn about the work being produced at Milwaukee Bronzeville Histories and the tools they’ve created to offer an interactive virtual platform designed to enrich, expand, and share the history of local African American communities.
Read MoreCommunity Day on January 13th!
Please join us at ABHM on January 10th at 5 PM CT for a special screening of The Loyal Project followed by a panel discussion and reception.Visit the Network Health table for information and giveaways.
Read MoreThe Loyola Project Screening Rescheduled for January 10th
Please join us at ABHM on January 10th at 5 PM CT for a special screening of The Loyal Project followed by a panel discussion and reception.
Read MoreUnearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System: African History, by Africans
BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers. Proof that a centuries-old writing system was thriving in many African countries.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: The Three Mothers
ABHM Book Club Presents: The Three Mothers. In honor of the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we have selected a book that covers the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from a perspective long overlooked –that of the mothers of Dr. MLK Jr., James Baldwin, and Malcolm X.
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