Local teacher related to Abolitionist Frederick Douglass brings history to life during BHM
Newington Forest Elementary School Teacher Tonja Walden has been filling her students with knowledge, but February is where ...
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A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien
Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of ...
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The Fight for Dormitory Desegregation at UChicago
The story of dormitory desegregation is an early example of the University community challenging UChicago to confront its ...
Frederick Douglass is woven into the fabric of American history — and my dreams | Opinion
For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass.   Last year, the ...
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Black History Month celebrates, promotes equality
The United States officially recognizes the month of February as Black History Month. Black History Month serves as a time to ...
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Have We All Just Agreed to Live With Soul-Crushing Racism?
The bigotry coming out of the Oval Office has been met with weary complacency.
Community leaders commemorate Black history, legacy of Daisy Bates and Maya Angelou
"You see, Black history is Arkansas history, Black history is American history," said DuShun Scarbrough, executive ...
First Black WROC reporter returns to “Set the record straight”
We’ve featured many firsts and legends who have walked the halls of WROC-TV throughout its 75 year history. This month, I met a first who seems to have been forgotten ...
How Black History has been taught in Alabama over the years
(WHNT) — The history of Black people in Alabama is long, but for decades the teaching of that history was distorted and far from complete. Consider this from the 1970 edition of the 4th-grade history ...