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Category: Black History

Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American from Chicago, was tortured and murdered in 1955. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Unearthed Letters and Research Notes Expose Journalist’s Role in Distorting Emmett Till’s Story

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Newly discovered research notes and letters from William Bradford Huie, the journalist whose reporting on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till helped shape the public’s understanding of the crime, reveal that Huie deliberately concealed vital details that could have implicated additional participants in the murder.

Dwayne Sims of the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame and Mark Wahl of the United States Postal Service, stand beside a blown-up image of the Hank Aaron stamp. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inSports

The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame, USPS Unveil Hank Aaron Stamp

by Richard D. Elliott August 19, 2024August 21, 2024
On the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Illinois, preserving 1.57 acres of federal land and highlighting a significant but painful moment in American history.
Posted inBlack History

Biden Designates Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument to Commemorate Civil Rights History

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown August 16, 2024August 17, 2024
During Black August, members of the Black radical left spend the entire month raising awareness about the women and men of the Black Power Era, and work to free the Black political prisoners such as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who has been incarcerated since 2002. (Courtesy of Change.org)
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Organizers Raise Jamil Al-Amin’s Name During Black August

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
John Taylor Chapman, owner of the Manumission Tour Company, stands before a marker of Franklin & Armfield, a slave trading firm in pre-Civil War Alexandria, Virginia. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Tour Company Showcases Alexandria’s Black History

James Wright photo by James Wright Jr. August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
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MJBL’s 2024 Symposium Champions African American Legacy in Baseball

Harrison C. Buck by Harrison C. Buck August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
The United States Postal Service and the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame are honoring legendary slugger Hank Aaron with a Forever stamp on Aug. 17 at the Prince George's County Stadium in Bowie, Maryland. (Courtesy of NLLLHOF)
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Negro League Legends Hall of Fame and USPS Team Up to Honor Hank Aaron with Forever Stamp

by Richard D. Elliott July 29, 2024August 1, 2024
Posted inBlack History

Smithsonian Black History Museum Spotlights Mary McLeod Bethune

James Wright photo by James Wright Jr. July 20, 2024July 21, 2024
**FILE** African American sailors of an ordnance battalion prepare 5-inch shells for packing at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1943. (U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons)
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U.S. Navy Exonerates Black WWII Sailors Convicted After Port Chicago Explosion

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 18, 2024July 18, 2024
The famed Apollo Theater's neon sign shines over 125th Street in New York's Harlem neighborhood. (Courtesy of HBO via AFI Docs Film Festival)
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Apollo Theater Makes History with Kennedy Center Honors

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

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