NYC’s Schomburg Center celebrating 100 years of Black culture art, history
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has its roots in the Harlem Renaissance, one of the richest cultural ...
Celebrating Harlem’s past and legacy with signs: ‘There’s so much history’
The streets of the city are a living classroom for art, culture, and activism. Some remarkable people and places are being ...
WS Chronicle13h
Patterson Avenue, formerly Depot Street, was once known as W-S’s Black Wall Street
Long before there was a Bailey Park or Innovation Quarter, the area of downtown Winston-Salem surrounding the old R.J.
The Brooklyn Paper18h
Marine Park to get ‘living neighborhood museum’ at historic Lott House
The Hendrick I. Lott House, one of Brooklyn’s oldest surviving Dutch Colonial homes, is set to become Marine Park’s first ...
Mass. city was home to abolitionist who celebrated his birthday on Valentine's Day
A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...
Milwaukee Magazine18h
Revisiting the Streets of Old Milwaukee Before the Public Museum’s Big Move
I’m walking the Streets of Old Milwaukee. It’s peaceful and familiar on a Saturday afternoon in the fall, the same moody lighting, weathered statues and Old European charm I’ve known for 20-some years ...
The corner of Bodine Street and Richmond Terrace | Then and Now
A sign saying Farley's, hangs on 1804 Richmond Terrace, Block 200 Lot 23. The corner of Bodine Street West Brighton. Looks ...
Historic decider as Goodison Park prepares to host Everton vs Liverpool derby for one final time
Goodison Park, one of English soccer’s most venerable and atmospheric stadiums, is preparing to host a Merseyside derby ...
Buffalo News2d
New life, new name for Highmark building
The owner of the former HealthNow New York and Highmark Health headquarters building in downtown Buffalo, now redubbed as Genesee Towers, says it expects to begin several million dollars in ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana3d
Funding approved for contracted dispatchers at short-staffed Lake County 911 center
The Lake County Council agreed to reallocate $600,000 to hire 12 contracted emergency dispatchers to try to alleviate the ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of Ethiopia
Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...
One of Barbour’s Most Unique Waxed Jackets Is Back for a Limited Time
The J.Crew x Barbour Barn Jacket is back with a limited run, available exclusively at J.Crew. It sells for $425 on J.Crew’s ...