Joseph McNeil, one of the original four North Carolina A&T students who sparked the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins at a Woolworth’s...
In Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation, Bitter Kalli reclaims overlooked history, showing how horses shaped Black survival, culture, and resistance while blending personal experience with...
Chesapeake has renamed Old Courtyard Park in honor of Judge Eileen A. Olds, the city’s first African-American woman judge and a nationally recognized legal leader who...
More Black Americans are living past 100, with many crediting their faith, resilience, and healthy habits for their longevity. From Kathleen Owens Simmons in Norfolk to...
Virginia State University professor and author Dr. Latorial Faison has been nominated for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for her book Nursery Rhymes in Black, a powerful...
Bells rang across the world on August 23 in solidarity with Fort Monroe’s Annual African Landing Day Commemoration, honoring the first enslaved Africans who arrived at...
The Alexandria Library’s Black Family Reunion returns September 6, inviting families to share photos, documents, and stories that will be preserved in the city’s archives, ensuring...
New York has renamed the 110th Street–Central Park North subway station in honor of Malcolm X, marking his Harlem legacy with a mosaic sign, a plaza...
The documentary If These Walls Could Talk chronicles 225 years of Norfolk’s First Baptist Church, highlighting its role in education, civil rights, and community development while...
Maryland and Virginia will install new monuments and markers honoring Black Revolutionary War soldiers, Civil War Black Union troops, and victims of the 1883 Danville Riot,...