Above I (Historian and Independent Curator Alison Rose Jefferson), pose with Yazmin Monet Watkins, poet, actress, educator, organizer, and more the day she did an inspiring poetry reading public program...
SEASON'S GREETINGS! Yes, it’s been a while since I have sent out my email musings. I have been busy doing research to document overlooked African American stories and making presentations about...
WISHING YOU AND YOURS HAPPY EVERYTHING IN 2022 AND BEYOND Love the Past. Embrace the Future. Share the Joy. With the new year we must not forget that those who ignore history have no past and no...
Freedom, Liberation, and Justice Now! The sentiments expressed by these words in the sub-title have galvanized the reinvigorated demands from Black America and their allies in a present day moral...
Juneteenth, June 19th was the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas learned they were free at the end of the Civil War in 1865 – two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the...
Photograph: USA Today Joining the national moment of racial reckoning Los Angeles County Supervisors and California State Senate Legislators have affirmatively voted with support on the first...
