1,000-Year-Old Bayeux Tapestry Depicts William the Conqueror’s Victory
A medieval embroidery known as the Bayeux Tapestry recounts key events of the 11th century, particularly William the Conqueror's triumph at the Battle of Hastings and the demise o ...
In the Footsteps of the Enslaved
Bey’s show gets its name from a passage in the second stanza of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the hymn by James Weldon Johnson ...
Well, hello, Dollie: Remembering one of America’s very first celebrity chefs
Laura “Dollie” Johnson Dandridge was born into slavery in 1852 near Georgetown. She became a favorite cook among Union troops ...
Remembering the historic jockey who won the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875
Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby, but history also remembers the colt’s jockey: Oliver Lewis, a Black jockey from Lexington.
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World War II Museum explores Black experiences in the fight for freedom, abroad and at home
A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social ...
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A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...
Mass. couple sentenced in wrongful voting; Dover man charged with taking Hudson political sign
A couple from Massachusetts that voted illegally in New Hampshire have lost their privileges of ever voting here in the future, and a Granite Stater could share the same penalty if convicted in an ...