Black History

Harold Davis / Longwood Gardens

11:04am Mar 02, 2021

Environment Environment

Black History Walks Through Longwood Gardens, Other Areas

by Eva Tesfaye

Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., is one place taking advantage of people being forced to gather outdoors. It's got a Black History Month focus on nature.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

5:48pm Feb 27, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

At Black History Event, Harris Champions COVID-19 Bill For Its Aid To Black Americans

by Jason Slotkin

The vice president touted how President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package would benefit Black Americans hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus.
NPR

10:35am Feb 28, 2020

Science Science

Short Wave Celebrates Black Excellence In Science

by Emily Vaughn

To close out Black History Month, Short Wave is highlighting just a few of the many incredible black scientists we've featured so far on the show.
Alo Ceballos / GC Images

7:32pm Feb 11, 2020

Books Books Health & Safety

From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood

by Beandrea July

Book author Andrea Freeman discusses the history of breastfeeding among black women, and why media portrayals of black moms matter.
Aurélia Durand

6:18am Feb 01, 2020

Sports Sports Music & Culture

A Code Switch Playlist For Black History Month

Black History Month is here, and it's the perfect time to catch up on stories about the hidden heroes and buried history of black America.
2:09am Oct 23, 2019

Education Education

WSFC School Board Votes Down Measure For Mandatory Black History Course

by Keri Brown

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted down a measure that would have required high school students to take an African American history class to graduate. The district’s superintendent offered an alternative that will give more time to assess the issue.
7:00am Feb 05, 2018

Race Race Transportation

The Black History Heritage Ride Returns To Greensboro Transit Authority

by David Ford

It’s Black History Month in America, and for the Greensboro Transit Authority, that means a return of the Heritage Ride.

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Sarah McCammon / NPR

4:12pm Sep 13, 2017

National National

Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves

by Sarah McCammon

A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.
Drew Angerer / Getty Images

3:23pm Jul 05, 2017

National National Politics & Government

'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' Frederick Douglass, Revisited

by Abigail Censky

Two readings, 165 years apart, addressed to a nation at a precarious political moment. Why Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 anti-slavery speech is still read — and still resonates — in 2017.
Sierra Nicole Rhoden/Chicago Tribune

12:55pm Feb 16, 2017

National National Books Arts

Meet Freda DeKnight, A 'Hidden Figure' And Titan Of African-American Food

by Donna Battle Pierce

DeKnight was Ebony's first food editor and author of a best-selling African-American cookbook in the '40s. Her recipes presented a vision of black America that was often invisible in mainstream media.
Hulton Archive / Getty Images

12:26pm Feb 10, 2017

Books Books Arts

Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of Control

by Nina Martyris

Hunger was Douglass' constant companion as a boy. As a young man, he escaped slavery and became a heroic abolitionist who revealed how food was a key tool in the immoral mechanics of slavery.
Alan Karchmer for NMAAHC

8:00pm Sep 15, 2016

National National Arts

Mission Of African-American Museum Writ Large In Its Very Design

The "dark presence" of the bronze and brooding National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates black history, and by extension, the history of America itself.