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Black Women and Shakespeare Take Center Stage at Folger

Folger’s newest exhibition explores 450 years of Black women’s connections...

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Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross was a singer and songwriter whose smooth style and voice le...

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Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle is an African American singer and actress who has been called...

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Coretta Scott King - Made By Her: Monumental Women

Get to know Coretta Scott King, the unsung heroine of civil rights who spok...

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The Tuckers: Descendants of America’s First African Fam...

Meet the Tucker family, descendants of the first documented African family...

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Ten Million Names Project Honors Enslaved Ancestors

Discover how the Ten Million Names project is working to recover and preser...

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19th-Century “Information Wanted” Ads by Freed Slaves R...

Discover how 19th-century newspaper ads placed by newly freed slaves are un...

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America's First Museum Dedicated to Telling the Story o...

The Whitney Plantation is the first museum dedicated to telling the story o...

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Ralph Bunche: First Black Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Discover how Ralph Bunche became the first Black Nobel Peace Prize winner i...

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The Wilfandel Club: Historic Black Women’s Legacy in LA

Discover the Wilfandel Club, a historic Los Angeles women’s organization fo...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' Speech

Here is a transcript of his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered o...

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The 100-Year Fight for a Black Santa

They said Santa cannot be Black. History proved them wrong. This is the sto...

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The Untold History of Black Country Music

Explore the overlooked legacy of Black artists in country music—from the ba...

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DeFord Bailey: First Black Country Music Star

Discover how DeFord Bailey became country music’s first African-American st...

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How These Soldiers Humiliated The Segregated Army

How the Harlem Hellfighters turned WWI trenches into stages, spreading jazz...

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