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09/05/2026

He was an enslaved man with one thing on his mind: freedom. His enslaver said he could buy his freedom for six hundred dollars. Where was he supposed to get that kind of money?

Moses Grandy worked many odd jobs in the hope of saving enough money to buyhis freedom. Working as a river ferryman for littl...

09/04/2026

They didn’t have permits, just pots and a purpose. Street food vendors have always been there for us, but they historically have done much more than tease our taste buds.

09/03/2026

What had once been a working Georgia plantation, the Livseys turned into a Black “Promised Land.” Here’s how their great-grandson is keeping the family legacy alive.

In 1926, Robert and Morena Livsey, descendants of enslaved people in Georgia, bought an old plantation in what is now Gwinnett County. The plantation, built and worked by 26 enslaved people, was called the Promised Land. Now, their g...

09/02/2026

The hit movie Sinners touches on vampires and racism in the Jim Crow era. But unlike the movie, our history has some real-life figures who had to be seen to be believed.

Witchcraft? Wizardry? No, these badass women lived in an era where Black people needed a sense of safety, and these women stepped up and showed out.

09/01/2026

Cash bail, court fines, legal fees, pretrial detention, arrest warrants for missed payments. America’s criminal legal system often makes freedom depend on what a person can afford.

Cash bail, court fines, legal fees, pretrial detention, arrest warr...

08/27/2026

Thousands of innocent immigrants are in danger of being torn from their families and sent to Guantanamo Bay Prison. But when you look deeper, the prison’s history is even worse than you think.

Over 30,000 Haitians fled to the United States after their country fell to a military coup

08/26/2026

James Baldwin was famous, outspoken, and rich. Supposedly he was living the dream. So why, even with all his success and notoriety, did he decide to leave the U.S. for good?

When Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin bought their home in Marin City, California, they intentionally invested in one of t...

08/25/2026

They’ve survived Jim Crow, the Great Depression, and decades of financial exclusion. Now, two historic Black banks are betting on building something together. Here’s why this matters, especially right now.

Two of America's oldest Black-owned banks, Optus Bank and Mechanics & Farmers Bank, have signed an agreement to join forces, a move that ...

08/24/2026

Pulled straight into the depths of the Civil Rights Movement, a 16-year-old Kareem Abul-Jabbar found himself marching with over a quarter of a million people in Washington. However, this wouldn’t be his last time in a crowd.

08/23/2026

The white man’s hands were crushing his windpipe and no matter how he tried to get away, the would-be murderer wouldn’t let him go. His attacker’s eyes burned red with anger. All this over a simple bike racing competition?

We’re used to hearing “The Star Spangled Banner” played at sporting events. But when cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor rolled onto the scene at competitions, they played a different tune to get under his skin.