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The African-American Churches Historic District, once known as “The Black Wall Street of Temple,” preserves a powerful legacy ...
The African American Heritage Water Trail takes canoeists and paddlers ... after the Rodney King beating in 1991 and exploring the history of Black people in California going back to the 1800s.
The notable African American author and educator highlighted the luxury of knowing where you come from — a luxury taken away from Washington and the African ... “It’s very likely that an African ...
Other accounts from the 1800s noted the festival included thousands of Black people from New York and New Jersey. Pinkster is believed to have been the largest African American celebration in ...
As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.
Facial reconstructions of enslaved African Americans who worked at Catoctin Furnace in the late 1700s or early 1800s, a boy of 15 or 16 and a woman in her 30s, at the Smithsonian's National Museum ...
In Blandair Regional Park, there's a building that used to be the home of enslaved African Americans that was first built in the 1800s. The county wants to fix it up and learn more about it.
African-Americans have made a vast contribution for the history of South Carolina throughout it over 300-year history. The African-American story lies at the very heart of our heritage.
William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure their freedom. 2-2-25.