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A decorated entryway.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Wooden Quilt Doors

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.
Memorial to Tamir Rice
Cleveland, Ohio

Memorial to Tamir Rice

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.
In terms of race and sex, the Golden Fourteen were anomalies in the Navy.
war history

The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy

The Golden Fourteen were largely forgotten—but a few veterans and descendants could change that.
Giulia Heyward December 15, 2020
Like her concise recipes, Malinda Russell's two-page biography leaves much to the reader's imagination.
food

What I Learned About a Pioneering Black Cookbook Author by Cooking Her Recipes

Little is known about the first African-American woman to publish a cookbook.
Cherene Sherrard November 20, 2020
Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, of nonprofit Berlin Postkolonial, holds a sign for a street renamed to commemorate a rebellion in German East Africa.
colonialism

How Berlin Is Reckoning With Germany's Colonial Past

It starts with renaming streets and landmarks, but will take much more than that.
Jennifer Neal November 19, 2020
Calafia would have been at home in a modern fantasy novel.
medieval

California Is Named for a Griffin-Riding Black Warrior Queen

The story of Calafia reveals the surprising complexity of medieval attitudes about race.
Rebecca Johnson November 11, 2020
July Perry is the only confirmed victim of the Ocoee Massacre known by name.
murder

The Unsettled Legacy of the Bloodiest Election in American History

An exhibit is taking a closer look at the racist Ocoee Massacre in Florida, 100 years after it took place.
Matthew Taub November 10, 2020
The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican activist group, seized this mobile chest x-ray unit in 1970. A few months later, they and members of the Black Panther Party occupied part of Lincoln Hospital to establish a drug detoxification program.
medicine

How Acupuncture Became a Radical Remedy in the Bronx

When Black and brown activists created Lincoln Detox, they also helped spread Eastern medicine.
Santi Elijah Holley November 9, 2020
The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach, Key West.
List

6 Forgotten Black American Cemeteries With Rich Histories

Every burial ground has stories waiting to be told.
Jonathan Carey October 30, 2020
A bus tour visited Shenandoah National Park's segregated facilities, ca. 1950.
national parks

The Segregated Campground That Was a Refuge for Black Travelers

Preserving the legacy of Lewis Mountain in Shenandoah National Park.
Larry Bleiberg October 19, 2020
Braithwaite Manor, a fictional setting in the show, has much in common with LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans.
television

'Lovecraft Country' Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Real-Life Places

The characters in the acclaimed horror drama fight both monsters and white supremacy.
Keishel Williams October 19, 2020
The First Baptist Church was torn down in 1957 and replaced by a parking lot.
churches

One of America’s First Black Churches is Being Excavated in Virginia

The First Baptist Church was a spiritual home for free and enslaved African Americans.
Isaac Schultz October 15, 2020
Freeman Vines and his guitars, 2015.
murder

A North Carolina Artist’s Search for a Lost Sound Uncovered a Dark History

Freeman Vines honors a lost Black life with his ‘Hanging Tree Guitars.’
Winnie Lee September 29, 2020
The rare logbook is now held by Georgetown's Booth Family Center for Special Collections.
rare books

A Rare Day-by-Day Document of Life Aboard a Slave Ship

The logbook is written from the white perspective, and its horrors are plain to see.
Matthew Taub September 17, 2020
The Notorious B.I.G. as the "King of New York."
music

For Sale: Biggie's Crown, and Other Icons of Hip-Hop History

There's lots to intrigue West Coasters, too.
Matthew Taub September 9, 2020
Elizabeth Jennings in 1855.
transportation

The Story of the Teacher Who Desegregated New York Transit

In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was forcibly kicked off a horsecar. Her fight changed the city.
Jerry Mikorenda September 7, 2020
Robinson may have feared that his achievements as a player would be overshadowed by his achievements in civil rights.
sports

Why Jackie Robinson's Hall of Fame Plaque Had to Change

The legendary athlete wanted to be remembered as a great baseball player, regardless of race, but history has its demands.
Matthew Taub September 2, 2020
This is one of four statues that until recently stood outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.
statues

A Dublin Hotel Removed Four Statues and Sparked a Historical Debate

The sculptures depict Egyptian and Nubian women, and may reference slavery.
Giulia Heyward August 31, 2020