The U.S. Forest Service has created this multi-Forest interpretive program to highlight people and places along the historic Underground Railroad. Some of these sites are “virtual” locations and are intended
Today, we celebrate our 10th anniversary. This ongoing work to install all 55 of arrival site markers reflects our commitment to justice, healing, and truth-telling with a more inclusive narrative
There are 55 documented U.S. Middle Passage arrival locations, 29 have markers, 5 are in planning for marker installations in 2022, and 21 still require ceremonies and markers. From 1526
The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project is marking its 10th anniversary this month. The Project is committed to commemorating the lives of the two million captive Africans who
Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic is a collection of paintings, drawings, photography, excerpts from interviews and other expressions by African Americans in South Carolina about the impact of
Executive Council Member, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, was invited to join the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Program for their 25th Annual Summer Seminars
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2021 Contact: Sabina Ramsey (716) 308-6208 sabina@thinkinsight.co Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission Unveiled Cataract House Historic Marker at Press Conference on August 5 (Niagara
The Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center are thrilled to announce the official launch of the Community Collections grant program. These grants will support individuals or non-profit organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 202 Contact: Brenda Jones bjones@savingplaces.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic
A Taxonomy of Black History Month Programming in Public Libraries: Looking Back to Impact the Next 50 Years A session by Shauntee Burns-Simpson, Dr. Grace Jackson-Brown, Dr. La Vonne Neal
