maggie l. walker
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Explore Virginia Through A Black Perspective
Virginia has a major reputation as a history hub, but as people of color know, society’s definition of history doesn’t always acknowledge our perspectives and our stories. So it might be a surprise to learn that the state that was once the seat of the Confederacy is also home to the longest Black experience in…
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A History of Black Excellence: The Mad King and Black Queen Who Built Black Wall Street (No, Not That One)
When an angry white mob bombed, lynched, shot and slaughtered the Black residents in the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Okla., on May 31, 1921, they did not destroy Black Wall Street. They destroyed one of the Black Wall Streets. In fact, before the tragic events in Greenwood, if the producers of Family Feud had asked…