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  • They Hid Your Name. We Found the Door.
  • Getty Invests $1.8M in Black Art Archives
  • How Sepia Magazine captured Black history through iconic images

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metacenterchicago.com /1 month ago

They Hid Your Name. We Found the Door.

At some point in your research, you will hit the wall. You will be tracing your family backward through time, through census records, through marriage certificates, through the nam...

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eurweb.com /1 week ago

Getty Invests $1.8M in Black Art Archives

*Historical records tied to generations of Black artists, educators, and cultural leaders are set to become more accessible through a new round of support from the Getty Foundation...

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nbcdfw.com /2 weeks ago

How Sepia Magazine captured Black history through iconic images

The African American Museum Dallas is showcasing some of the most influential Black figures of the 20th century through a new exhibition featuring photographs from Sepia Magazine....

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nbcdfw.com /2 days ago

Dallas Asian American Historical Society finds home for archive at library

After years of collecting stories often left out of the history books, the Dallas Asian American Historical Society has found a permanent home to preserve them. The organization...

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nbcdfw.com /1 month ago

African American Museum, Dallas will reopen May 1 with new exhibitions

The African American Museum, Dallas is taking spring cleaning to a new level with its facility improvements. The museum announced a temporary closure in March and now plans to reop...

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successfulblackparenting.com /1 month ago

Preserving Family History: How to Protect the Things That Matter Most

Preserving family history helps protect stories, photos, and legacy so future generations understand their roots, identity, and cul...

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africanews.com /2 weeks ago

In Washington, Black cemeteries suffer decay, erasure

At the historic cemeteries of Mount Zion Cemetery and the Female Union Band Society, preservationists are working to restore neglected graves and recover the identities of thousand...

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observer.com /1 month ago

Valerie Mercer and the Long Work of Putting African American Art Where It Belongs

The DIA's lead curator of African American art discusses what it means to move a collection from the margins of a museum to its literal center.

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blackenterprise.com /1 week ago

250 Years Of Black History & Enterprise: On This Day

RELATED CONTENT: The Enduring Fire: Revisiting Malcolm X’s Vision For Black Liberation On What Would Have Been His 101st Birthday

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wgno.com /2 days ago

Rare '70s Mardi Gras Indian archive made accessible at Tulane University

Tulane University Special Collections is making a new archive accessible to the public.

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eurweb.com /1 month ago

By the Numbers African Americans Should be Extinct

*If history were told from the vantage point of the oppressed rather than the oppressor, the American narrative would read very differently. It would not begin in 1492, nor would i...

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1888pressrelease.com /4 weeks ago

Items Signed by Lincoln, Washington, Frederick Douglass, Many Others are in University Archives' May 6th Online Auction

Other items in the auction are signed by Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, J. D. Salinger, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, many others, starting at 10am Ea...

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ebony.com /3 weeks ago

‘The Past Is Power’: The Schomburg Celebrates 100 Years

Solange Knowles, Angela Bassett, Edwidge Danticat, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Nikole Hannah-Jones were honored for continuing the expansive legacy of Black historian Arturo Schomb...

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blackenterprise.com /1 month ago

New Swedish Exhibit Will Reclaim Of Legacy 18th Century Black Diarist Through His Own Words

The National Museum in Stockholm will explore the life of Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albrecht Couschi, also historically known as Badin, particularly through the writings he left...

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blackenterprise.com /5 days ago

The Forgotten Story Of How Freed African Americans Helped Create Memorial Day

Blight's suspicions were confirmed when, after a talk he gave at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2001, an older Black woman approached him to discuss his lec...

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ebony.com /1 month ago

Ava DuVernay, Lee Daniels and More Featured in Doc Honoring Negro Ensemble Company Founder — EBONY Exclusive

The upcoming documentary celebrates Black theater pioneer Robert Hooks and his enduring legacy in American arts.

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thisiscolossal.com /1 week ago

The Photographs that Shaped the Black Arts Movement in the Mid-20th Century

'Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985' features works by more than 100 artists, journalists, organizers, and more. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Bec...

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musicconnection.com /1 month ago

Industry Profile: Vibrant Museum in Downtown Nashville Covers African American Music From Aretha to Zendaya

History plays a role in our lives whether we realize it or not. Every one of us is a product of where we come from. Our environments, upbringing, and genealogy impact how we feel a...

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blackamericaweb.com /1 month ago

Black Women Who Broke Barriers and Opened Doors

From courtrooms to outer space, from concert halls to the halls of Congress, these extraordinary black women did not just break barriers they dismantled them, rebuilt what came aft...

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blackamericaweb.com /1 month ago

25 Essential Black Poets Everyone Should Know

Black poets have powerfully shaped literature, using poetry to document history, celebrate culture, and challenge injustice.

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electricliterature.com /3 days ago

10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South

Between 1910 to 1970, millions of African Americans left the South in search of greater opportunities for freedom, rights, and economic mobility. Due to sheer scale, this human mov...

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wdrb.com /2 weeks ago

Historical archives uncover 19th-century deed purchasing freedom of enslaved family in Louisville

The Jefferson County Clerk's Office announced Tuesday that a 19th century deed documenting the purchase of an enslaved Louisville family's freedom was among tens of thousands of hi...

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blogs.loc.gov /1 week ago

Calling the Cotton Press: Fire Insurance Maps of a Mississippi Delta Town

Fire insurance maps reveal a lot about the industrial history of cities and towns of any size. Sanborn fire insurance maps of a particular Mississippi Delta town in 1925 reveal an...

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blackamericaweb.com /1 month ago

The Enduring Elegance: Black Elders And The Tradition Of Easter Fashion

Black Easter fashion is a powerful statement of resilience, identity, and respect, rooted in a complex history of oppression and the pursuit of dignity.

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