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FREEDOM SUMMER 1964: COURAGE IN MISSISSIPPI
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (312+ words) By: Fred Smith Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, began in June 1964 as one of the most significant civil rights campaigns in American history. Organized by major civil rights groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),…...
Greenwood Rising marks five years of keeping Black Wall Street history alive
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (267+ words) The lyrics of "Strange Fruit" are displayed in an exhibit at Greenwood Rising. Nearly five years ago community members gathered at the intersection of Archer Street and Greenwood Avenue to mark the opening and dedication of the Greenwood Rising Black…...
Black Mountain College's art center opens exhibition celebrating collage
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (133+ words) WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South…...
Dayton Black artists Zuri anxiety for kids
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (49+ words) Dayton Daily News Dayton promotes current police major to assistant chief Animal Resource Center: Call police about neglected, abused dogs Ohio sends millions to area counties to rehab, construct new homes Gratis council fires police chief after ICE "wellness check…...
New Research Identifies Stories Missing From Media, According To Black Women
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (677+ words) Forbes New Research Identifies Stories Missing From Media, According To Black Women On May 29th, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda released new qualitative research introducing Narrative Demand, an emerging concept from its Narrative Power for Justice…...
Caleb Gayle Wins Distinguished Book Prize in Great Plains Studies | The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (217+ words) Caleb Gayle, associate professor of journalism and Africana studies at Northeastern University in Boston, has received the 2026 Stubbendieck Great Plains Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Professor Gayle was honored for his…...
Whitney Museum Unveils WICKED and More for June Pride Programming
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (293+ words) The Whitney Museum of American Art is offering free admission, special performances, artmaking programs, music, and much more during Free Friday Nights and the June edition of Free Second Sundays. Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate Pride at…...
The Birth of the Sloss Furnaces Association: Preserving Birmingham's Industrial Legacy | City of Birmingham, Alabama
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (434+ words) On Thursday, May 27, 1976, the State Fair Authority opened the Sloss Furnaces site for an informal public tour. Approximately 100 people attended, eager to walk through the massive ironmaking complex that had powered Birmingham's growth for nearly a century. At the end…...
'Myth of the Angry Black Woman' premieres across region in June
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (485+ words) Carmalita Cahill of Carbondale United directed the organization's second film project titled "The Myth of the Angry Black Woman." The Varsity Theater in Carbondale will host the first premiere of "The Myth of the Angry Black Woman" at 4 p. m. Sunday, June…...
Christopher C. Bell Jr. Revisits Race, Resistance, and Military Change in "Lt. Williams on the Color Front
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (341+ words) Author Christopher C. Bell Jr. presents "Lt. Williams on the Color Front," a tense and powerful novel that returns readers to the U. S. Army in Germany during the early 1950s, when racial desegregation efforts exposed deep prejudice and sharp resistance within the ranks....