3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1007+ words) A grant can be just the boost a project needs to ensure its success. Find guidelines and deadlines about grant opportunities offered by the National Trust. Tell lawmakers and decision makers that our nation's historic places matter. Explore this remarkable…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (321+ words) A grant can be just the boost a project needs to ensure its success. Find guidelines and deadlines about grant opportunities offered by the National Trust. Tell lawmakers and decision makers that our nation's historic places matter. Explore this remarkable…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1189+ words) Earlier this summer, a small Merriam church that was once home to the Madam C.J. Walker School made history by landing on the National Register of Historic Places. For Tony Adams, who grew up in the South Park area of Merriam…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Appearing before the newly unveiled Isaac Mason marker, Director of the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College Adam Goodheart and Washington College Alumni Kathy Thornton, who was instrumental with research. Dozens of community members…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) Harvard has identified at least 1,613 enslaved individuals connected to them and traced 600 living descendants. They know their names and their contact information. Yet the university refuses to pick up the phone. This is the story of why. I was repeatedly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (206+ words) Published By Race Forward Check out the Colorlines archives with thousands of articles spanning our 25 year history Join the Colorlines community and stay up to date on events, actions, and news History is complicated, layered, and nuanced. When textbooks fail…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (410+ words) After human remains were discovered during construction in 2011, community leaders are again pressing the city to protect the historic site. Beneath a parking lot in Elmhurst, Queens, lies a piece of Black history that advocates say deserves far more than…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (54+ words) Hawaii Public Radio The tour of former President Andrew Jackson’s plantation was revamped this year to focus on the lives of the 300 enslaved people he owned. But some say more needs to be done for their descendants. WPLN’s Cynthia Abrams…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (68+ words) Yahoo A new sculpture depicting Virginia's first African American family was unveiled Saturday at the African Landing Memorial at Fort Monroe in Hampton. The unveiling was part of a National Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal at Fort Monroe, which included…...