Atlanta Daily World14h
The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit
The flourishing Black business district in Detroit, Mich., photographed in 1942. Arthur S. Siegel via the Library of Congress ...
SCOTUSblog1d
Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court
In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six ...
WBEZ2d
Chicagoan Fanny Barrier Williams and the rise of Black women’s clubs
Black Women’s Clubs in Chicago were part of the movement for African American rights, and there were many more women involved ...
Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom ...
Radio Iowa3d
Black history is now more accessible in Waterloo
The African American Historical and Cultural Museum is now open in Waterloo, a big milestone for the organization. The opening marks the first time in the museum’s 29-year history that it will be open ...