By Adrienne Gaffney Jan. 30, 2021 It’s not an understatement to describe the events of the past year as historic, and particularly for Black Americans. The nation elected its first Black vice president, a woman, and a graduate of a historically Black university and Georgia sent its first Black senator to the Capitol. (Both of these…
Read More Honor and Learn This Black History MonthNational Museum of African American History and Culture to Honor March on Washington 37th Anniversary Via Free Online Films & IG Posts The resource webpage is available at nmaahc.si.edu/marchonwashington.
Read More March on Washington 37th AnniversaryBY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN MAY 22, 2020 from Time.com Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died, about two-thirds from disease. The work of honoring the dead began right away all over the country, and several American towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Researchers have…
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