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On Thursday, February 13, 2025, I was blessed with the opportunity to provide a civic engagement presentation with the awesome staff of...

By Mr. Thomas Armstrong, Freedom Rider and Author of   A Freedom Rider: My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights Celebrating Black...

African American WWII Veterans June 6, 2024, marked the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. Many of the history books do not...

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New data indicates a surge in voter registrations among key voting groups for the 2024 election. The data was compared to 2020 election...

This 60-minute video features an interview by Dr. Travis Armstrong with Judge Calvin Williams. Dr. Armstrong interviews Montgomery...

On Monday, January 15, 2024, the DuPage County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Committee hosted the “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I...

On January 15th, 2024, the DuPage County Illinois, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Committee in conjunction with the DuPage...

The ninth listing for the 10 Most Endangered Places in Mississippi for 2023 is the Prentiss Institute. Founded by Jonas and Bertha...

In 1881, Christopher Davis, a 24-year-old biracial man and resident of Albany, Ohio, was lynched in Athens, Ohio (now home of Ohio...

“African American history is American history,” says Natalie Bell, a volunteer forging her path to preserve and teach history. Many...

July 16, 2023 This morning, as a member of the DuPage County Illinois, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Committee, I was fortunate to...

In this 30-minute audio panel discussion, Dr. Brenda Greene, founder of the Center for Black Literature (CBL) at Medgar Evers College,...

Watch this informative 69-minute Zoom interview with Thomas M. Armstrong, recorded in 2021 as part of the “Voices from the Civil Rights...

Black Library Conference at the Hampton University Library School, 1927 Book bans are not new. We can link the current bans on access to...

What was once the site of a slave market is now one of downtown Nashville's oldest buildings. The Morris Memorial Building, built in the...