Historic Black Cemeteries in Georgetown Recognized by UN
This article first appeared in The Washington Informer, December 19, 2018 By Lisa Fager Bediako, Special to The Informer More than 75 people recently gathered in Georgetown to remember and
Statement on Fort Monroe and Significance in America’s Arc
On November 1, 2011, President Barack Obama used the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate Fort Monroe a national monument
Commemorate 400 Years of Perseverance
Honor the ancestors and 400 years of African American resilience! Make sure there is a 400th Commemorative event in your community. Create an event. Then, place your event on our
Happy Birthday Dr. Woodson
Give the gift of self-knowledge! Happy Birthday Dr. Woodson, The Father of Black History, born December 19, 1875. Donate today!
Black cemeteries are crucially important — and all too often neglected
Imagine a cemetery where gravestones disappear under vines, weeds and debris; where crypts are cracked open and exposed to robbers and the elements.
The National Park Service 400 Years of African American History Commission
In August 1619, 20 enslaved Africans were brought to Point Comfort in the English colony of Virginia. Point Comfort is now part of Fort Monroe National Monument.
Artists and the Memory of Slavery
Generations of artists have, ever since the abolition of slavery, seized, revisited, rehabilitated, and transmitted these legacies to draw new horizons for intercultural relations.
The Slave Trade and Slavery
The preservation and valorization of heritage linked to the slave trade and slavery – which are finally recognized as crimes against humanity by the international Community – has become an important issue in countries...
WATCH ON C-SPAN3: 400th Anniversary of Forced African Migration
400th Anniversary of Forced African Migration In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the beginning of forced migration of Africans to North America, the Association for the Study of African
First Steps of Blacks on American Soil Touted as 1619
This article first appeared in The Washington Informer, February 6, 2019 ASALH Leads Yearlong Discussion of Forced Migration to VA Colony 1619 has served as the “official” date espoused by
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