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HOW SOUTHERN LANDOWNERS TRIED TO RESTRICT THE GREAT MIGRATION

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Alexis Clark When more than six million African Americans left the South for better opportunities in the North and West, between 1916 and 1970, their relocation changed the demographic landscape of the United States […]

Black History of Health: Nat King Cole

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

by Jasmine Browley Nat “King” Cole was indeed a royal figure in American popular music during the golden age of jazz. The classic jazz pianist, composer, and singer had the world at his fingertips from earning […]

How Black churches brought dancing back to the church

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

by Dean Smith An interesting article on Metro News explains how Black churches brought dancing back to the church in North America. Throughout the Bible we see several references to religious dancing as an expression of joy and […]

What’s Black History Month

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer Black History Month, also called African American History Month, month-long commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976. The […]

Organizers worked for decades to save this historic Black neighborhood in Alabama. It’s finally paying off.

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Anna Claire Vollers The only suburb built specifically for Black residents in Huntsville, Ala. has a rich history that was in danger of vanishing – until a coalition of grassroots organizations and local leaders worked […]

Black History Milestones: Timeline

February 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Bettmann Archive Sit-In Movement and Founding of SNCC, 1960 On February 1, 1960, four Black students from the Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina, sat down at the lunch counter in a […]

The Derby Heritage Celebration The Story of the African American Jockeys

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

When people hear the term “horse racing”, one of the first things they think of is the Kentucky Derby! But did you know that the first winner of the Kentucky Derby was African American? In […]

6 years after MLK assassination, his mother was gunned down, too

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore Six years after an assassin cut down Rev. Martin Luther King, a man walked into Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and killed the late civil rights leader’s mother as she played the organ […]

Illuminating Shuttlesworth: Examining the legacy of a civil rights leader through art and conversation

August 10, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Shauna Stuart A program at the Birmingham Museum of Art will celebrate the legacy of the late minister and civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth with a discussion and mural unveiling. On August 3, from 6 […]

Sewell legislation to create Black Belt National Heritage Area passes the House

July 25, 2022 Bouldin 0

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, AL-07, yesterday, announced that her bill, HR3222, the Black Belt National Heritage Area Act, passed the House of Representatives. Introduced by Sewell in May 2021, this legislation would designate areas within the 19 […]