Category Archives: history

Black History Month 2023: Memphis, TN

Hickory Hill is a residential neighborhood in Southwest Memphis. This community contains middle class houses...

Black History Month 2023: Montgomery, AL

Montgomery was incorporated in 1819 and is the capital of Alabama. Often referred to as...

Black History Begins in Africa

Black history begins in Africa. All human history begins in Africa. Nubia is a region...

Juneteenth: Dreams for Future Generations

On June 19th, we celebrate the 157th anniversary of the last enslaved peoples learning of...

Civil rights advocate and friend of the Pilgrimage, Dr. Reavis Mitchell, passes at 72.

One of Nashville’s most well-known historians, and a longtime administrator at Fisk University, has died...

Dr. Terry Scott Honors the Legacy of Juneteenth

Most people assume that slavery ended with the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation, an assumption...

A History of Violence and Activism

“It’s not something you read that causes you to change … It’s when you see...