DC’s hottest ticket? African American History Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor The hottest ticket in Washington, D.C., …
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Powerful Miami women to mentor at girls’ camp
Young girls who took part in the Urgent, Inc. Yes! Camp. PHOTO COURTESY OF URGENT.INC Staff Report MIAMI – This summer Urgent, Inc. will join …
Remembering history and black public health champions
Booker T. Washington PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM Staff Report Courtesy of Black PR Wire In April of 1915, Booker T. Washington pro “National Negro Health …
Workshop to encourage motherless daughters
Michelle Hollinger as a child and her mother, Naomi Carter Hollinger PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE HOLLINGER Publisher to share tools she used to cope with …
Woman who lived in former slave cabin visits Smithsonian
Woman who lived in former Edisto Island slave cabin visits Smithsonian. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LENS By JESSE J. HOLLAND …
Children’s Trust app helps parents find summer camps
The Children’s Trust has updated its free, trilingual mobile app with more than 300 fresh new summer camp and youth enrichment program listings. PHOTO COURTESY …
Students get history lesson from John Lewis
John Lewis PHOTO BY KEVIN HICKS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com MIAMI – Over 1,200 Miami-Dade students got a first-hand history …
A bittersweet anniversary inspires, compels, empowers
Dr. Maya Angelou COURTESY OF HISTORY THINGS By DINIZULU GENE TINNIE Special to South Florida Times Of course, every date on the calendar, like every …
Barry Jenkins’ next project? ‘The Underground Railroad’
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins. PHOTO COURTESY OF AJC MUSIC SCENE By JAKE COYLE Associated Press NEW YORK — “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins will follow up …
Historic drama ‘Underground’ reflects on state of U.S.
BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. Associated Press ATLANTA – As “Underground” starts its second season, it remains firmly rooted in history – but it also very …