This Historic Black Bookstore is Fighting To Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
One of Oakland's most historic bookstores in African American literature is struggling to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic....
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HistoryMakers Announces Its 2020 Digital Archives Awardees
History Makers is the nation’s largest database for black stories and they are expanding their collection with projects from the 2020 Digital Archives Awardees....
Amazon Raises Pan-African Flag at Seattle HQ to Celebrate Black History Month
Despite the flag, Amazon executives acknowledge that the company needs to do more on diversity and inclusion...
Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Donates $1 Million to Preserve an Oral Archive of Black History
Ursula Burns donated $1 million to The HistoryMakers, a video oral history archive that collects the stories of extraordinary African Americans....
Born Into Slavery, This Centenarian Learned to Read at 116, Becoming the Nation’s Oldest Student
The story of Mary Walker, a former slave who became the nation's oldest student, is illustrated in a new children's book....
The Story of Emmett Till’s Mother is Coming to ABC, Thanks to Jay-Z and Will Smith
Mamie Till will be the focus of the first season of ABC's new anthology series produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith that chronicles the civil...
Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ Stars Celebrate Juneteenth at the James Beard House
Four famed African American cooks from Bravo’s hit reality competition series "Top Chef" took over the esteemed Beard House kitchen for a Juneteenth celebration dinner...
Riding Along Toyota’s Black History Tour
In December, Toyota hosted yet another Black History Tour. The mission this time was to drive 2018 Toyotas from historical sites in Atlanta to the...
Meet Melissa Harville-Lebron: The First Black Woman to Own a NASCAR Team
Melissa Harville-Lebron never thought that her entrepreneurial pursuits and ambitions would lead her to make history as the first African American woman to own a...
NPS Opens the Home of Carter G. Woodson, ‘Father of Black History,’ to the Public
In honor of Black History Month, the National Park Service (NPS) will grant the public access to the home of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, an...