Feb 24, 2025 | Arts + Culture, History
Founded by visual artist and community leader Shonna McDaniels, the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum is a cultural jewel housed in Sacramento’s Florin Square, a historic hub and marketplace designed around Pan-Africanism. Guided by the Ghanaian principle...
Feb 24, 2025 | History, Leadership
In The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin reminds us that Black history “testifies to nothing less than the perpetual achievement of the impossible.” And Cornel West builds on this idea when he points out that Black people have been terrorized, traumatized and brutalized...
Feb 17, 2025 | Entertainment, History
In its prime, the Gem Theatre was the heart of Black entertainment in Knoxville, a place where Black Knoxvillians gathered to watch movies and wrestling matches, attend civic events and patronize the approximately 20 connected businesses. The theater opened in 1913...
Feb 17, 2025 | Higer Education, History
Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation laws, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case. Gaines, who attended Lincoln University, applied to...
Feb 17, 2025 | Arts + Culture, History
The Center of Black Excellence and Culture completed their building’s structural framework on Wednesday. The event kicked off with attendees signing a beam in white, red, green and yellow markers. The center’s colors are the same as February’s annually observed Black...
Feb 10, 2025 | Film, History
Snow flurries and freezing temperatures didn’t keep people from coming out to the Michigan Theater to learn about Ann Arbor’s Black history. The new documentary “A Letter To The West Side” premiered to a sold-out crowd Saturday night, Feb. 8. The city’s...
