$1.7M is approved for restoration of historic Black church
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government has approved $1.7 million for the restoration of one of the oldest Black…
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Black Americans used portraits, family photos to defy stereotypes
For decades, the Black family has been denigrated as dysfunctional. Unstable. Criminal. Impoverished. Absentee fathers. Neglectful mothers. “A tangle of pathology,”…
18th-century school for Black children to be moved, restored
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — William & Mary University and Colonial Williamsburg are teaming up to preserve the legacy of an…
Senate resolution condemns 1852 Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court
For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with…
Black Catholics demand actions, not just words, from church
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the…
Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain – and now national action
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned…