History

THEATRE REVIEW: “Hamilton” is highly entertaining and historically provacative

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…the power of “Hamilton” lies in its a diverse cast and the hip-hop flavored storytelling they solidly…

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Bessemer’s Historic Lincoln Theatre Being Revitalized

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Built as a 400-seat “picture house” to show first-run movies for African American audiences, the historic Lincoln Theatre…

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Defining Movements, Marches, and Milestones

OAKLAND POST — The March on Washington Movement was the most militant and important force in African-American politics in the early…

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How to Be an Anti-Racist, according to Ibram X Kendi

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A combination of memoir and extension of [Kendi’s] towering Stamped from the Beginning... Never wavering... Kendi methodically…

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E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Company: A True Family Business

OAKLAND POST — Entrepreneurial journeys may vary, but all who have started businesses have at least one thing in common:…

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Graphic Artist Georg Olden, the Black Man Who Designed a Postal Stamp

OAKLAND POST — We’ve been breaking down barriers in just about industry you can think of. However, the graphic arts industry…

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Homes of Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes Among Sites To Be Reserved by 1.6 Million Grant

OAKLAND POST — The National Trust for His­toric Preservation recently announced that $1.6 million in grants will go towards its African…

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BCRI Youth Tour Alabama African American Heritage Sites

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Twenty students in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) Legacy Youth Leadership Program left Tuesday, July 16…

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