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<em>There is a Future</em>, 2020
collections

Reclaiming Georgia's Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing April 21, 2023
black history

Podcast: John Brown’s Farm

A monument to a famed abolitionist and the fight for Black suffrage.
The Podcast Team April 20, 2023
bookstores

Podcast: For Keeps Books

The place to find rare and classic books by Black authors.
The Podcast Team April 19, 2023
One of the 2.000 mummified ram heads found in the Temple of Ramses II, in the historical city of Abydos, Egypt.
cemeteries

Wonder Is Everywhere: 2,000 Ram Skulls, a Cold War Mystery, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White April 14, 2023
houses

Podcast: Ashley House

A history that intertwines the American Revolution with the seeds of abolition in the North.
The Podcast Team April 11, 2023
Wells'Built Museum
Orlando, Florida

Wells'Built Museum

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.
Together these artifacts formed a spiritual bundle to protect a home from bad spirits and negative energy.
archaeology

Beneath an Old Fireplace, Evidence of the Spirituality of the Enslaved

The finds are also enriching understanding of the formative years of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 21, 2023
This colossal freedom statue stands in front of Nigeria's Badagry Heritage Museum in Lagos State. Badgery, a small town near Nigeria's border with Benin, was the site of a large slave port.
ships

The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts

Their inspiring acts of resistance were ignored or erased for centuries—until now.
Sarah Durn March 9, 2023
Edwin P. Goodwin House
Washington, D.C.

Edwin P. Goodwin House

This house was once the location of Frelinghuysen University.
Plymouth, England

Jack Leslie Statue

A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.
Major Taylor Monument
Worcester, Massachusetts

Major Taylor Monument

Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.
restaurants

Podcast: Big Apple Inn

A humble hole-in-the-wall with a serious civil rights history.
The Podcast Team March 6, 2023
A studio portrait of Dan R. Thomas, who lived in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in the 1880s. He would have been 31 years old when this was taken.
slavery

How Communities Are Uncovering Untold Black Histories

Historians and citizen archivists in New Hampshire are using old records to tell long-overlooked stories.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 3, 2023
architecture

Wonder Is Everywhere: Civil War Gold, a New Moai, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 1, 2023
architecture

Podcast: The Hampton House

Inside the childhood home of a civil rights icon.
The Podcast Team February 28, 2023
For decades, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has trained young Black men, women and teenagers in maritime archaeology methods.
ships

The Hunt for an Elusive Florida Shipwreck That Killed 41 Enslaved People

Searching for the slave ship Guerrero, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has also trained scores of young Black men and women to find and tell stories once lost to the waves.
Karuna Eberl February 27, 2023
William Selig's 1898 short film <em>Something Good-Negro Kiss</em> is considered one of the earliest black films depicting black intimacy on screen.
murals

7 Unforgettable Stories for Black History Month

Meet some of the artists, archivists, students, and descendants rediscovering and preserving the past.
April White February 22, 2023
Tacoma, Washington

Buffalo Soldiers Museum

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.