Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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Single black mother & former foster child finds support at Southwestern College
Nikki White says the Umoja Learning Community gave her the resources to succeed. The program is dedicated to the growth and success of African American students. It connected her to other students of ...
One family's stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
Cincinnati Enquirer on MSN1h
Celebrate Black History Month in Cincinnati at these local events
Celebrating Black History Month, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, Joe Nuxhall Way, ...
Yakima Herald-Republic2d
African Village nurtured Black culture in the Yakima Valley in the 1970s
Their vision was a place where Black youths could learn about African culture and people could gather and celebrate ...
BuzzFeed on MSN3d
Black People Who Were Adopted By White Parents Are Explaining The Trauma Of Adoption, And It's A Necessary Read
"It’s rough growing up when people keep telling you 'you don’t act Black' yet you don’t look white. It could be awkward going ...
What Black History Month feels like for Black parents this year
A Black community leader on parenting during the rollback of diversity initiatives in the public and private sectors.
A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
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Omani artist celebrates maternal influence in Stal Gallery exhibition
A mother is far more than just a title—she personifies love, strength, sacrifice, and resilience. She is the first connection ...
At Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slavery
One year after the Civil War ended, Hagar Outlaw, a formerly enslaved woman in North Carolina, was desperate to find eight of ...
The Bulwark5d
The Future Has an African Horizon
I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...
Black abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who lived on Long Island, helped shape the country's views on slavery
A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...