Reconstruction may be one of the most misunderstood eras in American history. Versions of the era like the early motion picture Birth of a Nation (1915) and the novel Gone With the Wind (1936 ...

The Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) and the New Orleans Public Library REACH Center (NOPL) will present “A New Door ...

Discover how Black banking's legacy influences today's economic and racial justice movements, featuring insights from leading scholars on financial activism.

Pennsylvania journalist Charles B. Fancher was born six years after his great-grandfather died and didn’t know much about his ancestor until a few years ago. While visiting his “decorous” 92-year-old ...

According to the Historic Huntsville Foundation, many of Huntsville's builders were Black workers and entrepreneurs who found ...

In the early 1960s, when I was a little boy, the Ku Klux Klan attacked my family by burning a cross in front of our house, ...

Library events: Leon County celebrates Black History Month with library events, resources ...

“In the limited reconstruction period that we had, we did not have the luxury of figuring out ways to revitalize the city,” said a section head in the city government. “We had our hands ...