Tag: black history
Andra Day Becomes First Black Best Actress Winner in 35 Years
By Jackie Strause
Holly Wood Reporter
Andra Day won the Golden Globe best actress in a drama trophy for her performance in Hulu's The United States vs. Billie Holiday,...
US Park Police Names First Black Woman Chief in 230 Years
By Kaanita Iyer
USA Today
Pamela A. Smith has taken command of the U.S. Park Police, the first time a Black woman will lead the federal agency...
Alabama Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks recalls her civil rights journey
By Michael Sznadjerman
Alabama Newscenter
In her police mugshot taken almost 60 years ago in Jackson, Mississippi, Catherine Burks-Brooks looks straight into the camera, without fear...
Teaching About the Unsung Heroes of Black History
By Mary Ashley Canevaro
UAB News
Each year in February, the United States honors Black History Month to celebrate the achievements of Black/African American individuals, recognizing...
Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One
By Chuck Chandler
Alabama Newscenter
Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens.
Fred D. Gray Sr. can.
The...
Important Recently Released Books on Understanding Slavery
By James L. Baggett
The stain of slavery, America’s original sin, runs through our history and culture. And the blight of racism remains with us,...
Important African American historical collections added to UAB Libraries
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Libraries have added new resource collections focused on African American studies and history. The libraries have added several seminal...
Birmingham celebrates Black History Month with these activities
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Honoring Black History Month may look and feel different this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but there...
Nashville’s Newest Museum Traces History Of Black Music Across Genres
By Kristin M. Hall
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical...
Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies
NBC News
Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband...