News & Politics After Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming The finished museum is set to open in July. Capital Comment, Black history, Civil War | 2 months ago
News & Politics Why the Black Panthers Once Went Searching for Author Marita Golden Golden had penned a college column criticizing the revolutionary party. First Person, Black history | 2 months ago
News & Politics | Real Estate DC’s Black Architects Are Finally Getting the Documentation They Deserve The DC Preservation League is digging into the undertold history. I.Q., DC History, Architecture, Black history | 4 months ago
News & Politics The Lost History of a DC Black Neighborhood That Was Never Built Belmont would have been located in Friendship Heights. Capital Comment, Maryland, Black history | 5 months ago
News & Politics Inside the Urgent Effort to Preserve Black Newspapers Howard University is scanning these vital records. Capital Comment, Media, Howard University, Archives | May 1, 2024
News & Politics From Tupac to Sean Taylor: Wild Nights in DC’s Clubs E. Taylor’s new book puts you right there. Photos, I.Q., New Book, Nightclubs | Mar 27, 2024
News & Politics The Untold Story of the Washington Football Team’s First Black Cheerleaders Amid the boiling racial tension and desegregation battles of the late 1960s and early ’70s, a group of young Black women teamed with a DC civil-rights leader to break the color barrier on the Washington NFL team’s cheer squad. Their story has largely been overlooked—until now. Washington Football Team, Black history | Nov 1, 2023
News & Politics Sheila Johnson Gets Candid About Her Struggles The Salamander hotels CEO has a revealing new memoir. I.Q., New Book, Black history, Sheila Johnson | Sep 20, 2023
News & Politics Swann Street Has a New Name. What About the Song “Swann Street”? The guy who wrote the DC punk anthem weighs in. DC History, LGBTQ, Black history, Swann Street | Aug 30, 2022
News & Politics What It’s Like Inside a Hidden Old Cemetery That’s Threatened by the Beltway Expansion The graveyard is included on a list of the country’s most threatened historic sites. Maryland, African American History, Black history, cemetery | Aug 5, 2021
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RSS Feed Follow in FeedlyAfter Decades, the Full African American Civil War Memorial Museum Is Finally Coming
Why the Black Panthers Once Went Searching for Author Marita Golden
DC’s Black Architects Are Finally Getting the Documentation They Deserve
The Lost History of a DC Black Neighborhood That Was Never Built
Inside the Urgent Effort to Preserve Black Newspapers
From Tupac to Sean Taylor: Wild Nights in DC’s Clubs
The Untold Story of the Washington Football Team’s First Black Cheerleaders
Sheila Johnson Gets Candid About Her Struggles
Swann Street Has a New Name. What About the Song “Swann Street”?
What It’s Like Inside a Hidden Old Cemetery That’s Threatened by the Beltway Expansion