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  • Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson made history in Iowa. Now a 7-foot statue will honor her legacy
  • 'Give people their flowers': Black Icons of Oregon honors current-day history makers
  • Historically Black University Lawsuit Alleges Missouri Funding FAIL

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thegrio.com /1 month ago

Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson made history in Iowa. Now a 7-foot statue will honor her legacy

Johnson became Iowa’s first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in 1941, but discriminatory hiring practices kept her from teaching

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koin.com /1 month ago

'Give people their flowers': Black Icons of Oregon honors current-day history makers

Oregon Black Pioneers Executive Director Zachary Stocks told KOIN 6 people don’t have to be “firsts” to be considered icons.

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tonyskansascity.com /2 weeks ago

Historically Black University Lawsuit Alleges Missouri Funding FAIL

The New York Times offers the most concise summary of this legal battle in action . . .  "A group of current and former students at a historically Black university sued Missouri...

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kmbc.com /1 month ago

Kansas City, Kansas hosts first Black Restaurant Week with 11 local businesses

Kansas City, Kansas is hosting its first Black Restaurant Week, featuring 11 Black-owned businesses and special deals ahead of 913 Day.

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tonyskansascity.com /3 weeks ago

Kansas City South Side Fights For Historic Civil-War Era Cemetery

An important recap and a glimpse at local push back in the effort to cling to fading history . . . Read more at tonyskansascity.com

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lpm.org /3 weeks ago

History exhibit reveals enslaved couple’s groundbreaking journey from Louisville to Canada

Thornton and Lucie Blackburn’s journey to freedom from Louisville to Canada was underrepresented in the United States, until now.

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texasobserver.org /1 day ago

Black Texans Built More than 400 Schools When the State Would Not

In 1921, the Black families of Hill Prairie, in Bastrop County, built a two-teacher schoolhouse. The Rosenwald Fund in Chicago sent $800—equivalent to $15,000 in today’s dollars. T...

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blackamericaweb.com /4 days ago

What We Need to Know: Two Senate Races, Mapleton’s First Police Chief, and Phillis Wheatley’s Freedom

Black leaders are making waves: Florida's Angie Nixon runs for U.S. Senate, Kentucky's Charles Booker faces Trump criticism, Atlanta's Dr. Anita Allen becomes a historic police chi...

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blackenterprise.com /1 month ago

‘Ruby Bridges Walk To School Day’ Returns, Inspiring A New Generation To Take Action

More than six decades after Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, students across the country will...

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eurweb.com /2 weeks ago

Black Movie Hall of Fame Launches Monthlong Film Festival Celebrating Black Cinema

*The Black Movie Hall of Fame will launch its first film festival in February 2027 with a month-long celebration of Black cinema. Presented by AARP, the festival will host screenin...

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thegrio.com /1 month ago

The Black history of Labor Day: How Black workers shaped the labor movement

Black labor has powered America for generations, helping shape the labor movement even as unions and lawmakers often left Black

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blackamericaweb.com /1 week ago

How Black Businesses Built A Legacy On Martha’s Vineyard — And What It Takes To Preserve It

From modest cottages to family-owned businesses, Black residents helped create the economic and cultural foundation of Martha’s Vineyard.

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kmbc.com /1 month ago

KCK hosting first-ever Black Restaurant Week starting Sept. 7

The city of Kansas City, Kansas, will highlight 11 Black-owned businesses next week as part of its first-ever Black Restaurant Week.

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jerseydigs.com /1 week ago

Historic Jersey City Homes Tied to Black History Could Gain New Protections

Jersey City is taking steps to preserve overlooked Black history sites, including the home of its first Black schoolteacher and the city's last known surviving Underground Railroad...

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blackamericaweb.com /1 week ago

What We Need to Know: Black Governor Hopefuls, a Federal Search, and a Navy Pioneer’s 100th Birthday

Sybil Wilkes covers critical issues for Black America: eight Black candidates running for governor, a federal investigation into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, tax planning strategies,...

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blackenterprise.com /1 month ago

Scholarship Honors USC Aiken’s 1st Black Student And Continues Her Legacy

The scholarship program connects financial assistance for students with Brooks’ role in breaking a racial barrier at the South Carolina institution more than 60 years ago.

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eurweb.com /1 month ago

Unsung Hero, Rev. Joseph C. Crenchaw: What You Didn’t Know About the Little Rock Nine

America knows the photograph. Nine courageous teenagers walked into Little Rock Central High School while an angry White segregationist resistance made Arkansas the center of an in...

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thelensnola.org /1 month ago

After three-year push by BE NOLA, schools establish Black Education History Week in New Orleans

The initiative brings New Orleans’ Civil Rights and education history to life during the third week of November with field trips, reenactments and social events. [...] Read More......

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blackamericaweb.com /2 weeks ago

Lincoln University Students Sue Missouri Over Alleged Decades of Unequal Funding

Students and alumni say Missouri shortchanged its historically Black land-grant university by hundreds of millions of dollars compared with the University of Missouri.

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thelensnola.org /1 month ago

Ribbon of Black enclaves reflects deep Louisiana history

The neighborhoods that the old 6th District gathered up—strung along rivers, railroads, and interstates from Shreveport to Baton Rouge—are the exact communities left scattered apar...

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blackamericaweb.com /2 weeks ago

John James, Byron Donalds, and Black Voters in 2026 Governor Races

Historic Black governor races, a diesel fuel shift, and one Baltimore woman bringing books directly to children.

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eurweb.com /1 month ago

More Than a Fraction Foundation Brings Black History to Virginia Tech

*The More Than a Fraction Foundation’s (MTAFF) founder historian/author Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs (“More Than a Fraction: Based on a True Story”), along with Ashley Reichelmann and J...

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fox4kc.com /1 month ago

Kansas City's first African American grocer, Leon Stapleton, dies at 100-years-old

 Leon Stapleton, Kansas City's first African American grocer, passed away on Monday at age 100.

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blackamericaweb.com /1 month ago

Airports Named After Black Icons You Should Know

Airports across America honor notable Black icons by bearing their names, showcasing their inspiring legacies.

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