If you had a party at your house, how much money do you think you could raise? Maybe a few hundred dollars? Well, if you’re Pauletta and Denzel Washington, you can do better than that. The couple held an event at their Los Angeles home and raised over $17 million for the Smithsonian African-American Museum, […]
WASHINGTON DC — With this year marking the 150 anniversary of the American Civil War, a new, fully-renovated African-American Civil War Museum is set to open its door on July 18 in Washignton DC. The museum now houses 5,ooo square feet of exhibits that commemorates the sacrifice of African-American soldiers in the war, compared to […]
Check out the recent arrival of a section of the Berlin Wall to be displayed at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Nine young black men went on trial in Scottsboro in 1931 on charges of raping two white women in a case that made headlines worldwide. The defendants — eight of whom were sentenced to die — came to be known as "The Scottsboro Boys" and the charges were revealed as a sham.
