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We believe it is critical to research and share the Black heroes that make this country great. If you are a teacher, student, or currently looking at public school history...

The Chronicle of Heroes, Black Contributions to America, will be published in January 2025. Our resident poet, William Taylor, was so moved by the hundreds of vignettes and...

After Atlanta rose from the ashes of the Civil War, many formerly enslaved women migrated to Atlanta, seeking opportunities beyond sharecropping. By 1880, 98% of Atlanta’s...

It is well known that Albert Einstein was a pacifist.  Did you also know that he did not support discrimination and supported African Americans? This photograph was taken in...

William Taylor is our resident award-winning poet who creates poems for our educational materials and website. The poem, Memories, was written about the passing of his...

William Taylor, our resident award-winning poet, is expanding YAAHA's interactive teaching abilities by creating original poems that coincide with the teachings featured in...

"Black Wall Street" often conjures images of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, where African American dreams took root in the early 1900s. Yet, the power of Black enterprise was...

Have you heard of Skyhook Foundation or Camp Skyhook? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is "giving kids a shot that cannot be blocked." The outstanding NBA athlete had an idea to...

Joan Southgate's family gave her the tools to make a difference. From her early childhood years, when her family hosted visiting Black leaders Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois,...