A new memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated on Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The new marker is bulletproof. Till, 14, was kidnapped, beaten and killed in 1955, hours after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. His body was found in a river days later. […]
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‘Mormon Land’: The life of Jane Manning James — from her quest to be sealed to Joseph Smith to her patriarchal blessing by Hyrum Smith and her legacy for black Latter-day Saints | The Salt Lake Tribune
By Staff, The Salt Lake Tribune When historian historian Quincy Newell was researching 19th-century African American Mormons, one name kept popping up: Jane Manning James. This African American convert, who worked in church founder Joseph Smith’s household and eventually was “sealed” to him as a “servant,” probably still ranks as the most famous black female member […]
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Why We Need A Serious Reeducation On Slavery | Blavity
Our education systems tend to provide students with a truncated version of the actual horrors of slavery.
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democratic leader and regular Trump target, dies at 68 | The Washington Post
Elijah E. Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore, and his forceful opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump, died early Thursday morning at Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Johns Hopkins affiliate in Baltimore. […]
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Photographs Help Preserve Chicago’s African American History | CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS)– One man from the south suburbs discovered a treasure trove of old photographs that could help preserve the past of African Americans in Chicago.
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Five black men raided Harpers Ferry with John Brown. They’ve been forgotten. | The Washington Post
Every October, on the anniversary of the raid that helped fuel the Civil War, much attention is focused on Brown, not on his African American soldiers
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Civil rights legal history comes alive | The St. Louis American
Meet descendants of Dred Scott v Sandford, Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education
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From emperors to inventors: the unsung heroes to celebrate in Black History Month | The Guardian
In 1926, the US historian Carter G Woodson, the son of former slaves, launched Negro History Week to commemorate important people and events from the African diaspora.
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Building America | The Nation
The making of the black working class.
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Discussing Blackness on Reddit? Photograph Your Forearm First | The New York Times
Moderators of an online forum called Black People Twitter have caused an uproar by requiring participants to submit a photograph proving they are not white.
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