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Julius Rosenwald saw a need in the Jim Crow South and he thought he could contribute a solution. The Rosenwald School Project was the brainchild of Booker T. Washington and...

The portmanteau word Juneteenth is from the words June and nineteenth and is often called Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, or Emancipation Day. It was signified...

March welcomes springtime and is a time to celebrate women through time. Most notable are the many African American women who have cemented their place in history. History...

I did not always believe as I do now. My mom taught us biblical principles. That we should love and help anyone in need regardless of their color. And that was her legacy...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition opened the door westward. Frontiersmen, pioneers, and enslaved ones saw new opportunities on that western horizon. Lewis and Clark and their...

by William Altman Why would I be qualified to write this blog?  I grew up in the very pleasant midwestern town of Brecksville, Ohio.  My neighbors could have been the Norman...

What was it about the early decades of Dunbar High School in D.C. that turned out the “first black who” pioneered in several fields who came from this school? Let’s look at...

The question that YAAHA gets repeatedly is, why wasn't I taught this history in school? Why is so little black history in textbooks? Is it gaslighting? A lack of space in...

Nancy Randolph has been an educator at Victory Christian Academy (VCA) in the heart of the inner city of Orlando, Florida, for more than 15 years. She is a civic leader who...