Oct 20, 2025 | Arts + Culture, History, United Kingdom
Organisers of a festival celebrating black culture through arts and dance hope a “real range of people” will come and take part. BRAVE Festival is taking place this weekend at Bradford Arts Centre as part of City of Culture celebrations, and also coincides...
Oct 6, 2025 | Church, History, Leadership
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” Curry told The Associated Press a week...
Sep 22, 2025 | Civil Rights, History, Women
Black women’s contributions to human’s rights history are too often overlooked in our nation’s history books. Yet these women played a vital role in the fight to secure rights and protections for all people—regardless of race, gender, class, and nationality. During...
Sep 8, 2025 | Business, History
Emilia Robertson has always been the friend at parties who makes the drinks. Among her circle, she became known for one thing in particular — making great Jell-O shots. Robertson eventually turned that reputation into a business. She launched ShotsByEmilia with an...
Aug 4, 2025 | Architecture, Church, History
The role of the church in Black communities in the US has been one of spirituality, solidarity and catalysing social change. Preserving these sites is about more than protecting historic architecture; it is ensuring that their stories can be told and that the people...
