Category Archives: history
Latinx Heritage Month: The Chicano Movement
Movements for civil rights in the 1960s around the United States inspired people from different...
Sep
Little Rock Nine
Concrete benches line a reflecting pool ahead of a giant building with the words Little...
Sep
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was the largest long distance forced movement of people in human...
Aug
Freedom Summer
On the side of an old country road in Neshoba County, Mississippi stands a lonely...
Jul
Whitney Plantation
Opening in 2014, Whitney Plantation was the first plantation turned museum that focused on enslavement...
Jul
The Stonewall Inn
In Greenwich Village, sandwiched between tall brick buildings, a historic bar is adorned with rainbow...
Jun
Seattle’s Queer History
The history of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Seattle area has deep roots going back...
Jun
The Tulsa Race Massacre
On the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street there's a mural on the side...
May
Black Soldiers Through U.S. History
During the Revolutionary War, unprecedented measures were taken to win the fight against the British....
May
Supporting Black Business
Dooky Chase's Restaurant, located in New Orleans, is a historic Black-owned restaurant which opened in...
May