Maggie Walker National Historic Site in Central Virginia preserves and protects the home of America's first African Amer ...

Before there was Oprah Winfrey, there was Madam C.J. Walker. The daughter of former slaves, Walker grew up an orphan toiling ...

One photo in particular, taken by the legendary Gordon Parks at the opening of queer playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin ...

Because the 2023 history standards tell the full story of Virginia history, more Virginians see themselves in history than ...

Celebration of Freedom was held at Booker T. Washington National Monument on June 21st, coinciding with the 160th celebration ...

Built nearly a century ago in 1928, the brick building at 40 Douglass Ave. NW originally served Black students during the ...

The McKinney center in Jonesborough putting together an exhibit of the former Booker T. Washington school in the county.

June 19th is Juneteenth, and many members of the community gathered at the Vigo County History Museum to celebrate and ...

What has been reported, leading up to June 19 being decreed a federal holiday in 2021, was that U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger ...

The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s been 160 years since the emancipation of Booker T. Washington; a Franklin County native born into slavery, who became a monumental figure in African American ...

African-American communities recognized the symbolic import of ... By 1898, 30,000 gathered at Booker T. Washington Park in Texas on Juneteenth. What true grit has been shown by the descendants of an ...