Black History Month is the time to honor the role and achievements of African-Americans in the United States. While some groundbreaking heroes are well-known, there are many more unsung heroes worth ...

Black communities have long been instrumental in shaping and advancing society throughout the centuries, but they haven’t always received their flowers. Or when you were in school, you may have ...

In the realm of history, villains are easy to come by. There are some historical figures that almost everyone agrees were bad. Hitler is perhaps the poster child for evil and one assumes that Idi Amin ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Perhaps one of the best-known figures of black history is Harriet Tubman, the most famous and prominent “conductor” of the Underground Railroad in the 19th century, between 1849 and 1862. Tubman is a ...

In this lesson, students watch a clip from the episode Our Colored Heroes in which they learn about Needham Roberts and Henry Johnson, two African-American World War I heroes. They analyze period ...

In mid-November, several striking monuments rose out of the earth in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. One paid tribute to Gaspar Yanga, a slave-turned-liberator who led a successful uprising against ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Cordish Companies and Live Casino & Hotel Maryland, in partnership with the Md. Washington Minority Companies Association (MWMCA), highlighted and honored the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Women paying tribute at Sunday’s event (clockwise from top left): Ethnic Heritage Center Walk New ...

Who are these historical heroes? Robin Hood. King Arthur. Mulan. These and other well-known figures are admired for their goodness and bravery, but they have something else in common—they may be ...

As 2019 is now in the rearview mirror, it’s time to acknowledge those folks who have contributed to preserving our local history. One of the more fun and important parts of my job as executive ...

MINSK, 25 September (BelTA) – A number of matters have been submitted for consideration of the Republican Council on Historical Policy under the Belarus President Administration. They are related to ...