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Rita Daniels, maternal great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History

Tubman Descendants Commit to Fighting Illiteracy

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 26, 2020December 21, 2021

President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Aug. 6, 1965. (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum via Wikimedia Commons)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Education of MLK’s Life, Legacy Critical for Young People, Advocates Say

by WI Guest Author February 25, 2020December 21, 2021

Frances "Fannie" Barrier Williams

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Frances ‘Fannie’ Barrier Williams a Champion for Women’s Suffrage, African Americans

by Stacy M. Brown February 19, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Black History

‘Recovering Untold Stories’: Civil Rights Veteran Revisits School Victory

by WI Guest Author February 13, 2020December 21, 2021

Ward 5 Councilman Kenyan McDuffie (WI file photo)

Community, Education, Local, Stacy M. Brown

D.C. Councilman’s Bill Implements African American History Courses

by Stacy M. Brown February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

The Battle at Island Mound featured the first Black soldiers to fight in the Civil War. (Courtesy of Bates County Museum)

How Black Soldiers Saved the Union in the Forgotten Battle of Island Mound

by Stacy M. Brown February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

Ida B. Wells

Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Ida B. Wells’ Brave Speech on Lynching During Suffrage Movement

by Stacy M. Brown February 12, 2020December 21, 2021

Helen Appo Cook (The Colored American via Wikimedia Commons)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Suffragist Helen Appo Cook: Wealthy Champion of the Poor

by Stacy M. Brown January 29, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Glogster

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

The Battle for Women’s Suffrage and the Obstacles in the Constitution

by Stacy M. Brown December 4, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of aldailynews.com

Black Experience, Black History

Alabama Unveils Rosa Parks Statue on 64th Anniversary of Saying ‘No’

by WI Guest Author December 4, 2019December 21, 2021