Oldest living vet in U.S. still smokes cigars, drives, drinks whiskey. At 108.MSN News – Richard Overton, 108, is thought to be the oldest living veteran in the...
Lupita Nyong’o seeks preservation of Richmond slave-trade historyRichmond Times-Dispatch – “Twelve Years a Slave” actress Lupita Nyong’o is lending her star power to...
California enacts ban on Confederate flagAl Jazeera America – California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Thursday prohibiting state agencies from...
Newspaper sorry for cartoon comparing air travel to slave shipsThe Guardian – A Pennsylvania newspaper on Friday apologised for publishing an editorial cartoon that compared...
Preserving Black history, Americans care for national treasures at homeNPR – The relics and heirlooms of African-American families, the Smithsonian says, can help tell the...
Preservationists look to Harlem to safeguard Madam C.J. Walker estateNY Daily News – The sprawling mansion, which served as a gathering place for notable leaders...
10 essential African-American photographersFlavor Wire – Thomas Allen Harris’ documentary Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence...
Thousands attend African-American festival in RichmondTimes Dispatch – The free event at Abner Clay Park in Historic Jackson Ward attracted thousands...
‘Aunt Jemima’ heirs file $2 billion lawsuit against Pepsi and Quaker OatsChicago Tribune – D.W. Hunter, the great grandson of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who became...
‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ sparks online boycott after whitewashing ancient EgyptiansAtlanta Black Star – With the film boasting actors such as Christian Bale and Sigourney Weaver,...
Harvard diploma of first African-American grad to be auctionedChicago Tribune – Richard T. Greener was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard in 1870....
Historic African-American church to sell for $6.5MABC News – A historic African-American church in Georgetown that has welcomed worshippers for more than...