Tag: Black History

After emancipation, formerly enslaved Black Americans built communities of their own, acquired land, raised families and created places where they could live with greater independence from racism. Known as freedom colonies, these historically significant settlements were established during Reconstruction and to escape Jim Crow. Residents created support systems that allowed families to live more independently, establishing churches, schools and homes. Today, descendants are working to preserve these communities by maintaining family land, organizing reunions and passing histories to younger generations, ensuring these important places and stories are not forgotten.

We're halfway through the college football season, and we're about to make Black history. In the ninety-one years since they started giving bronze trophies to the nation's top college football player, no group of finalists has been exclusively Black. That's changing this year. It's about to be an all-Black December.

When we think of Black History Month, we often think of iconic pioneers like Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. But across the Atlantic, Black Brits celebrate their own Black History Month each October, honoring individuals who made diversity one of the UK's greatest strengths. From historical figures who walked British soil long before the transatlantic slave trade to modern pop culture icons, this October celebrates essential names across the Black British diaspora.

Every October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month reminds us that behind every statistic is a story, and behind every breakthrough, someone who dared to push the conversation forward. Black pioneers have helped transform breast cancer research, challenge disparities in treatment and make space for the voices too often left out of the narrative. From groundbreaking scientists like Dr. Jane Cooke Wright and Dr. May Edward Chinn to fearless advocates like Audre Lorde and Richard Roundtree, their impact reaches far beyond the clinic.

A. Philip Randolph was one of the most influential Black labor leaders and trade unionists in American history. He founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first major Black-led labor union, and used organized labor as a vehicle to fight both workplace discrimination and racial inequality.

Some mysteries fade with time. Others become part of a community's memory passed down through generations because the questions were never fully answered. Across America, Black families have endured unexplained deaths, missing children, erased burial grounds, lost records and photographs whose subjects remain nameless. From the disappearance of Relisha Rudd to the unsolved murder of The Notorious B.I.G. and the missing Tulsa records, these cases continue to provoke questions about what happened, what investigators discovered, and what may have been overlooked.