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Gregory, with Dr. Alvenia Fulton, one of his nutrition mentors.
civil rights

The Legacy of a Civil Rights Icon's Vegetarian Cookbook

Dick Gregory was an activist, comedian, and trendsetter for Black vegans.
Shea Peters July 21, 2021
architecture

Podcast: Josephine Baker’s Chateau

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team July 19, 2021
View across the pool from the platform immediately above it.
Baltimore, Maryland

Pool #2 at Druid Hill Park

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.
Arthur Wharton Mural
Darlington, England

Arthur Wharton Mural

A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.
Meachum rises from the Mississippi River tossing cotton into the wind to symbolize freedom in this mural by St. Louis ArtWorks.
St. Louis, Missouri

Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Waddles, with copies of her poetry-infused "Soul Food Cookbook."
food

The Poetry-Loving Cook Who Fed Detroit's Soul

With a 35-cent-meal restaurant and other charities, Mother Waddles was "a one-woman war on poverty."
Omnia Saed June 17, 2021
The memorial.
List

7 Places Outside the U.S. That Celebrate Resistance and Emancipation

The ills of the Atlantic slave trade permeated the globe. So does the idea of freedom.
Jonathan Carey June 17, 2021
Chef Evans at Down North Pizza.
prisons

The Chef Fighting Mass Incarceration With Food

Kurt Evans is reducing recidivism, one pizza at a time.
Sheryl Nance-Nash June 17, 2021
Charleston, South Carolina

Robert Smalls Memorial

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.
murals

Podcast: Women of the Black Panther Mural

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 17, 2021
'Women of the Black Panther Party'
Oakland, California

'Women of the Black Panther Party'

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.
Hamer (left) attending a Congressional session on a Mississippi election that disenfranchised Black voters.
farms

The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming

Fannie Lou Hamer viewed co-ops as the foundation of political power.
Mayukh Sen June 15, 2021
A Juneteenth celebration in Texas on June 19, 1900.
food

Introducing Gastro Obscura's Juneteenth Series

Celebrate Emancipation with stories of food and Black liberation.
Michael W. Twitty June 15, 2021
museums

Podcast: Historic Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum & Education Center

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 14, 2021
outsider art

Podcast: The Heidelberg Project

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 7, 2021
Teaching About the Sins of the Past.
Annapolis, Maryland

Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.
Stanley Institute
Cambridge, Maryland

Stanley Institute

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.
The Magnolia Grandiflora in 2009 with the Hattie Carthan mural on the wall behind it.
Brooklyn, New York

Magnolia Grandiflora

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.