Book Signing: Born to Serve: A History of Texas Southern University
Celebrate with Dr. Merline Pitre at her inaugural book signing of Born to Serve: The History of Texas Southern University Press(May 2018). Dr. Merline Pitre, an award-winning historian, currently serves
NAACP’s Freedom Fund Jazz Breakfast and Awards Celebration (Howard County)
The Howard County Branch of the NAACP #7020 will host our Freedom Fund Jazz Breakfast this year on Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Martin’sWest, Baltimore,
The Frederick Douglass Bicentennial 200/2018
On Saturday, May 5, the historic Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Harlem will open its doors for a public celebration of the bicentennial of one of its earliest
National Park Service Considers Mississippi Civil Rights Sites for Park Designation, Seeks Public Input
Study highlights sites pertinent to the stories of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, and Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner ATLANTA – The National Park Service (NPS) this week announced it has begun to
40th anniversary of Black Classic Press hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. We’ve come through forty years with the help of a
Pittsburgh African American Veterans
Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch Association for the Study of African American Life and History Presents Pittsburgh’s African American Veterans Saturday May 12 (11 – 1:30) Featuring Ronald B. Saunders, Historian Richard
Beyond Africa: Forging a Black Political Consciousness in Canada, 1830-1865
Black immigration, or “back to Africa” movements as they are sometimes called, are often treated as ephemera. At best, these movements are categorized as a rhetorical device of black nationalists;