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As a genealogist, K. I. Knight deals with hundreds of names, yet one name lingered in her mind. It was with her when she was driving,...
It was described as an area overrun with natural resources. Pine trees covered the north end while various plants and animals occupied the rest. Birds flocked...
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Toni Morrison For almost half...
America suffered its most devastating World War II loss on its own soil at Port Chicago, California located in San Francisco’s East Bay area 75 years...
For the millions of African Americans who grew up reading Ebony and JET magazines, news that Johnson Publishing filed for bankruptcy in April signals the loss...
For me, the song “This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land” just about sums up the whole conversation about celebrating the Fourth of...
In what many viewed as a nod to the significant role African Americans have played in the nation’s history, the House of Representatives held its first...
The water lapped against the shore of Mobile Bay where James Fralin hauled in blue crab for a day’s work. Like so many others, Fralin had...
TheVillageCelebration remembers Dr. Martin Luther King 51 years after he was assassinated with a video tribute from our archives.
February is Black History Month. And what better way to celebrate than to lift from obscurity African Americans who played crucial roles in this country’s scientific, cultural...
