A 95-year-old âRosie the Riveterâ who helped to build ships in World War II and tells her original story at that California park today; a former director of the National Park Service; the current Superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; the White House Council on Environmental Qualityâs National Parks Youth leader; a national award winning young underwater explorer and a professor of geography focused on African Americansâ relationship to the public lands system.
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In the span of 30 days, federal judges have scuttled voter suppression laws in North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas and North Dakota, giving voting rights advocates a few, much-needed victories for the blood and sweat wrought in their court battles and protests since the controversial United States Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder.
Curator and Researcher Mary Elliott shares insight into new Black History Museum
Black businesses adjust to gentrification in Shaw
Jalen Bailey, an eight-year-old boy from Fresno, Calif. is running his very own home-based bakery called Jalenâs Bakery where he sells every-thing from cookies to bread to pastries.
The moral origins of Donald Trumpâs improbable rise to power
Statement on Voting Rights wins in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama
Airbnb is making real progress for travelers of color
Not sure of the total amount of slaves Georgetown actually owned in its entirety, but they are offering the descendants of nearly 300 slaves preferential treatment in its admissions process.
Civic leaders in the U.S. and overseas are helping to launch the Fourth Annual 2016 Week of Non-Violence, Justice and Opportunities, beginning Saturday, Oct. 15-23, 2016, sponsored by Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) and the Positive Change Foundation (PCF).