It’s been nearly seven years since the proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia that culminated in a weekend of lethal white-supremacist rioting and terrorism.
Read MoreThe striking Emancipation Memorial statue in Washington, D.C., shows Abraham Lincoln standing, while a man wearing only a loincloth is appearing to rise from a kneeling position. The face in
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Museums are much more than repositories of artifacts; they are vessels of memory, culture, and identity. For Black women—a group historically marginalized and underrepresented in many cultural narratives—museums dedicated to
Read MoreToday marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One of the most well-known in
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The Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 stands as one of the earliest and most significant labor movements led by African American women in post-Reconstruction America. This bold and organized resistance
Read MoreDuring the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays. Slave owners usually gave them bigger portions of food, gifted them alcohol and
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The Detroit Housewives League (DHL), founded in 1930 by Fannie B. Peck, was a pioneering organization that played a crucial role in promoting economic empowerment within Detroit’s African American community
Read MoreIn the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a
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The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was a flourishing era of artistic innovation that sought to redefine Black identity and resist systemic oppression. Through poetry, prose, visual art, music, and theater,
Read MoreIt wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s. At a rally with
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