Events celebrating Black History Month on Long Island
This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of ...
New book highlights the importance of grandmothers in Black culture
"Especially in Black culture the grandmother represents many times the hub of not just the brutality but also the joy and the ...
Iowa author hosts book drive to celebrate Black history and culture
An Iowa author is hosting a book drive called Pages of Power during February celebrating black history and culture. The idea ...
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Fearing loss of federal funding, an Iowa school district cancels its Black History Month reading event
The Waterloo Community School District reversed its decision to participate in the 19th African American Read-In, hosted by ...
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School teacher's children's book illustrates how hair helped guide enslaved women to freedom
For elementary school teacher, Monique Duncan, writing a book illustrating the remarkable ways enslaved Africans used hair styles to guide their way to freedom, was a dream come true. "It feels ...