The watch service continues a tradition that traces its roots to the night the Emancipation Proclamation was scheduled to ...

The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day.

As the clock approached midnight on Dec. 31, 1862, African Americans watched each second pass, knowing every tick brought ...

Watch Night or ‘Freedom’s Eve’ commemorates when African Americans watched and waited for the Emancipation Proclamation. by ...

Every Saturday, students gather at the African American Museum to learn about history and then pass it on. In a basement classroom at the African American Museum in Dallas, students gather every ...

Marvin Dulaney, the museum s deputy director and chief operating officer, teaches a class of North Texans attending the museum's Freedom Schools. Courtesy of the African American The African American ...

Labor Day is a powerful symbol of the American worker. It is a tribute to the generations who have labored, toiled and built the nation we know today. For African Americans, the significance of Labor ...

The Wright Museum’s Lance Wheeler shares details about the museum’s 2025 Juneteenth celebration. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will commemorate Juneteenth with a full day of ...

*The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. While many Americans ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- Saturday, hundreds of people filled the Waterloo West High School Auditorium, for the 1619 Freedom School's African American Read-In. Several renowned Black authors were in ...

AAPG copy 39088019788785 signed by author, "To Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence, with admiration and affection." 1. Land of Their Ancestors. Ghana. Mali. Songhay. Other States -- 2. The African Way ...