November 7, 2022 1 min read Preserving The Historic Black “SANS” Neighborhood in Sag Harbor Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest & Ninevah Subdivisions (SANS) is an African… Read More
October 24, 2022 1 min read Oldest Black-Owned Insurance Company Shutting Down After more than 120 years, the oldest Black-owned insurance company… Read More
February 15, 2021 1 min read Rebecca Lee Crumpler, The First African American Woman in the United States to earn an M.D. Degree Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans… Read More
September 25, 2019 3 mins read Sewit Sium Creates Handmade Jewelry that Celebrates Black History and Inspires Cultural Pride Sewit Sium is a designer of historically and culturally inspired… Read More
July 26, 2019 1 min read National Museum of African American History and Culture to acquire Ebony and Jet Archives The National Museum of African American History and Culture will… Read More
March 7, 2019 2 mins read Restoration of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home To Begin This Spring The proposed rehabilitation of Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon,… Read More
February 11, 2019 3 mins read Danville, Virginia Celebrates Its History as a Mecca of Black Business North Union Street in Danville, VA has been an overlooked… Read More
July 16, 2017 1 min read The First Woman Bank Founder Was Black. She Just Got Her Own Monument Maggie Lena Walker was the first woman of any race to start… Read More
May 3, 2017 2 mins read Where Have All the Black-Owned Businesses Gone? – The Atlantic At the new National Museum of African American History and… Read More
January 12, 2017 1 min read Harlem’s Schomburg Center Named Historic Landmark The Harlem-based, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has been… Read More