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Lookout! Gallery exhibition honors historical Black resort town
Sometimes called “Black Eden,” Idlewild is the subject of an exhibit by a pair of artists who wanted to pay homage to the resort.
Read MoreTrump’s Order Strips Slavery Exhibits, Removes Black History
The Trump administration orders the removal of exhibits emphasizing slavery and racial injustice, sparking protests and concerns.
Read MoreWalter White: The Forgotten Hero of Civil Rights
In the story of America’s fight for civil rights, certain names ring out: Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Thurgood Marshall. Yet, many figures who laid the essential groundwork for their work remain less known. Walter Francis White, who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter-century, is one such forgotten hero.
Read MoreStitt Targets Nichols, Tulsa’s First Black Mayor, Over Homelessness
Oklahoma’s Governor Stitt’s focus on homelessness in Tulsa, despite recent decreases, has led the city’s first Black mayor to push back.
Read MoreWATCH: Resources to Help You Buy Black
The Blapp app, nicknamed The Black Amazon, is one of several tech solutions making it a snap to shop Black-owned businesses.
Read MoreNAACP Town Halls Aim To Mobilize Black Voters For Midterms
The town halls will feature local elected officials and detail how the Trump administration’s policies have specifically hurt Black communities.
Read MoreA former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history
A collaboration between Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation and art studio 1504 teaches about history and facilitates conversations.
Read MoreCaesar Sheffield
Caesar Sheffield Share Special Exhibits The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott Risking Everything: The Fight for Black Voting Rights Portraiture of Resistance Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Freedom-Lovers’ Pledge Echoes of Equality: Art Inspired by Memphis and Maya Explore Our Galleries African Peoples Before Captivity…
Read MoreLynching in Idabel
Lynching in Idabel Share Special Exhibits The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott Risking Everything: The Fight for Black Voting Rights Portraiture of Resistance Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Freedom-Lovers’ Pledge Echoes of Equality: Art Inspired by Memphis and Maya Explore Our Galleries African Peoples Before…
Read MoreAmericans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure
A new book about the Great Depression shows the important role Black workers and communities played that has often been lost to history.
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