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America’s Black Holocaust Museum celebrates its first year as a successful virtual museum, revealing American history to an global audience.
Lil Wayne, Emmett Till Backlash: Rapper Faces Scrutiny Over Rap Lyric
Rapper Lil Wayne is facing criticism for his lyrics that use an analogy about the lynching victim when describing a sexual act.
Film ‘Lincoln’ inspires Mississippi to officially ban slavery
After Steven Spielberg’s film about President Lincoln, researchers realized that some states hadn’t legally banned slavery.
Exonerating the Scottsboro Nine
This landmarked case changed criminal justice permanently, and now the victims of a false accusation have been posthumously pardoned.
Abolitionists Rescue Fugitive Slave from Boston Courtroom
The arrest of Shadrach Minkins, the first person to be arrested in New England under fugitive slave laws, catalyzed the grater rebellion.
This Day in History, the NAACP Was Founded
From Wikipedia The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909 by a diverse group composed of W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling (the last son of a former slave-holding family), Florence Kelley, a social reformer and friend of Du Bois, and Charles Edward Russell, a renowned muckraker and close friend of Walling who helped…
The “Black National Anthem” First Performed on This Date in 1900
Two brothers are responsible for the song that some people know as the Black National Anthem, first performed more than 100 years ago.
Meet the Newest Black Senator
The newest senator from Massachusetts, William “Mo” Cowan, is one of the most powerful Black politicians in the nation.
Confederate past: Uproar over changing park names
by Adrian Sainz, Associated Press, theGrio.com MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park bearing his name. It’s a larger-than-life tribute to the warrior still admired by many for fiercely defending the South in the Civil War — and scorned by others for…
Happy Birthday, Alice Walker!
We recognize Alice Walker, an award-winning author whose work is well known in and outside of the Black community on her birthday.
Happy Birthday, Reverend John Rankin, Dedicated Abolitionist!
Reverend John Rankin worked toward equality through his religious weapons and work on the Underground Railroad.
Two Black Scientists Receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
James Gates and George Carruthers have received medals from the Obama administration for their work in science.
Black History Month Has Been an Epic Failure
Black History Month is well known, but the history of Black people before slavery is still a mystery to most people.
What Was the 2nd Middle Passage?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes about the forcible movement of enslaved people after they were already on American soil.
Painting Shows Slave-Auction Drama
Art is one way that we can understand the treatment of Africans and their descendants who were forced into slavery.
Rosa Parks Stamp to Be Unveiled on Her 100th Birthday, February 4th
The U.S. Postal Service will honor the activism of Rosa Parks by debuting a postal stamp bearing her image.
True Believers in Justice: Attorney Travis Williams
One lawyer fights for those who cannot afford representation and would otherwise be vulnerable to a racist criminal justice system.
Fear of a Black Gun Owner
Edward Wyckoff Williams examines why Americans are so uncomfortable with certain people exercising their second amendment rights.
Celebrating the ‘complete’ Martin Luther King Jr.; unfinished work and all
We are all familiar with Martin Luther King’s achievements, but the work he was unable to complete also tells an important story.
