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A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of ...
In 1920, there were more than 900,000 Black-owned farms in the U.S., many in the South. It wouldn’t last. In the following decades, the number of Black-owned farms nosedived, according to Census of ...
The “Voices” database, from the Newport Historical Society archives, centers Black and Indigenous experiences in Newport’s ...
Here's our list of defunct Alabama amusement parks, from one that opened in 1904, to one that lasted only three months in 2016.
Polk Miller, a Richmond pharmacist-turned-entertainer, built a career mixing Confederate nostalgia with groundbreaking interracial performances. His act, “Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette,” ...
A Brierley Hill law firm is celebrating 150 years of serving clients and fostering strong relationships within the community.
A new cultural monument in Southside Spartanburg, South Carolina, highlights Black history and the leaders who helped shape ...
An 1831 portrait by Emma Jones depicting two Black children challenges 19th-century stereotypes and may reflect ties to ...
Californians lobbied Congress to turn the Yosemite Valley into federally protected land in the late 1800s; it became a model for the National Park System, which was established in 1916. Arthur ...
For centuries, Black Americans’ significant contributions to architecture and design have often been overlooked. A new book ...