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Arts & Culture

History, slavery and hauntings: The Hannah House legacy

JADE JACKSON - January 10, 2024

It is one of Indiana’s most haunted locations according to paranormal experts.

Opinion

Forget being strong

HEAVYN LESTER - September 25, 2023

I’m laying here in bed, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon, sipping water with lime and twiddling my toes. Blaring on the tv is a...

Black History Matters

On This Day: Harriet Tubman’s historical raid

NORAL PARHAM - June 2, 2023

On this day in 1863, Harriet Tubman accomplished one of the most remarkable feats in American history. She directed a mass of nearly 800 slaves to liberation, sidestepping Confederate soldiers and risking her own life for the freedom of others.

Religion

400 years later … and the spirit of the ancestors is still speaking

ANGELIQUE WALKER-SMITH - September 26, 2019

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so...

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Finding Kunta: Black entrepreneurs connect the dots after Roots

Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service - June 6, 2016

Kunta Kinte still haunts us. Nearly 40 years after it premiered, Roots – Alex Haley’s iconic quest, tracing his ancestry from slavery back to Juffure, The Gambia...

Community Voices

African-American Facts for Week of: January 3, 2016

Annette Johnson - January 6, 2016

Know Your History!Up to the early 20th century, most American knowledge of Black history was limited to the African American struggle through slavery and...

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Pope’s visit warmed some Black Catholics, chilled others

Avis Thomas Lester/Urban News Service - September 30, 2015

While Donna M. Moore was eager to see Pope Francis, Martina Callum decided to stay away.Moore, of Glenn Dale, Md., and Callum, of Baltimore,...

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Pope’s visit warmed some Black Catholics, chilled others

Avis Thomas Lester/Urban News Service - September 30, 2015

While Donna M. Moore was eager to see Pope Francis, Martina Callum decided to stay away.Moore, of Glenn Dale, Md., and Callum, of Baltimore,...

Community Voices

African-American Facts for Week of: September 20th

Annette Johnson - @Annette92J - September 22, 2015

Know Your History!Up to the early 20th century, most American knowledge of Black history was limited to the African American struggle through slavery and...

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