Philadelphia Inquirier: Never-before-seen scrapbooks tell the story of Pearl Bailey’s life from North Philadelphia to Hollywood. “Created decades before smartphones could store memories, Bailey’s adventures on Broadway, in Vegas, and at the White House make for an impressive collection of newspaper articles, glossy photographs, letters, cards, and telegrams documenting her […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/philadelphia-inquirier-never-before-seen-scrapbooks-tell-the-story-of-pearl-baileys-life-from-north-philadelphia-to-hollywood/

Director of African American Museum, part of the Smithsonian, was placed on indefinate leave by the trump regime. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/kevin-young-african-american-museum-trump-smithsonian
#Museum
#africanamericanhistory
#Smithsonian

Happy that we made it to the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in #Detroit while at the #AAG. V moving & shocking experience explaining why so much is still wrong + legacies of racialised injustice but also the power & potential of fearless struggle. #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #detroit

Task & Purpose: Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website. “A Black soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Civil War battle retold as the finale of the 1989 movie ‘Glory’ has been scrubbed from a Pentagon website, with an article on the soldier labeled as ‘DEI’ in the now-broken web link.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/20/task-purpose-medal-of-honor-recipient-depicted-in-movie-glory-erased-from-pentagon-website/

State of Maryland: Maryland Department Of Transportation Announces Archaeological Findings From Home Of Harriet Tubman’s Father. “Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) today announced interesting artifacts found at the site of Ben Ross’ home, the place where Harriet Tubman’s father lived and where the famed abolitionist spent her teenage years in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/state-of-maryland-maryland-department-of-transportation-announces-archaeological-findings-from-home-of-harriet-tubmans-father/

The Black Beauty Archive
Collection material in English, Spanish & Hebrew. 1941 to present.
https://www.blackbeautyarchive.com/
#Archives #BlackHistory #BeautyHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory

Portland Press Herald: Brick Store Museum launches Just History Project. “The Just History Project website, an initiative aimed at uncovering and documenting the often-overlooked histories of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in Kennebunk and the surrounding towns of Wells, Kennebunkport and Arundel, has been launched by the Brick Store Museum.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/portland-press-herald-brick-store-museum-launches-just-history-project/

PetaPixel: Students Preserve Las Vegas Photographer’s Archive. “A group of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students have painstakingly preserved a photographer’s archive by digitizing it and making it available online to anyone. Six students worked on the project over the course of two to preserve the work of Clinton Wright, a press photographer who documented Black life in the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/04/petapixel-students-preserve-las-vegas-photographers-archive/

ABC11: Griot & Grits Project preserving Black families’ history using AI: ‘Crazy and exciting’. “In a pioneering effort to document and preserve Black family histories, Raleigh-based tech giant Red Hat has joined forces with local initiative Griot & Grits to create an innovative AI-powered repository of African American stories.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/griot-grits-project-preserving-black-families-history-using-ai-crazy-and-exciting-abc11/

"[Mary Church] Terrell was a notable Black leader in the suffragettes movement, as well as the civil rights movement ... She advocated and wrote ... on the topics of race, gender, ... Her most influential works include A Colored Woman in a White World and “What it means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States.” ... Terrell was involved in a successful lawsuit that led to the desegregation of DC area restaurants."

#AfricanAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/mary-church-terrell

Black Culture
"Let them talk, let them judge", Denzel Washington
#blackhitorymonth
#blackhistory
#blackculture #blackpeople #blacklivesmatter #blackexperience #blackpride #blackliberation #blackpower #blackpositivy #blackexcellence #blackcomumnity #blackamericanculture #blackandwhitephotography #africanamerican
#africanamericanculture #AfricanAmericanHistory #vintagephotography #photography

When Racism Struck, Lena Horne Rose https://shinemycrown.com/when-racism-struck-lena-horne-rose/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BlackHistoryMonth #LenaHorne #CivilRights #AfricanAmericanHistory #PioneersInHistory

Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington film illuminates historic WWII battalion | Eye on America https://www.inbella.com/919146/tyler-perry-and-kerry-washington-film-illuminates-historic-wwii-battalion-eye-on-america/ #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #FemaleCelebrities #KerryWashington

Hartford International University for Religion and Peace: Dr. Walter Fluker: Howard Thurman Papers Now Accessible Online. “Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Distinguished Professor of HIU’s Howard Thurman Center, announced this month that The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman are now available online and accessible to the public. Dr. Fluker is the senior editor/director of the Howard Thurman Papers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/20/dr-walter-fluker-howard-thurman-papers-now-accessible-online-hartford-international-university-for-religion-and-peace/

Signal Akron: Photo archive of Akron’s historic Black community to be digitized at University of Akron. “Thousands of photographs from 1897 to 1978 that document Black people in the Rubber City will be digitized at the University of Akron. The work will digitize the photographs of Horace and Evelyn Stewart, a husband and wife who owned Stewart’s Photo Studio at 11 1/2 N. Howard St.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/16/signal-akron-photo-archive-of-akrons-historic-black-community-to-be-digitized-at-university-of-akron/

12 Black-Owned Record Labels That Made Music History

https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/black-owned-record-labels/ #Music #MusicHistory #BlackHistory #History #BlackOwned #AfricanAmerican #AfricanAmericanHistory

Remembering Phillis Wheatley: The Poet Who Challenged Slavery With Words https://shinemycrown.com/remembering-phillis-wheatley-the-poet-who-challenged-slavery-with-words/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BlackHistoryMonth #PhillisWheatley #Poetry #AfricanAmericanHistory #LiteraryLegend

Part III - Over the next 3 years, with the help of the Red Cross, Nassy was provided with art supplies, allowing him to create more than 200 paintings + drawings that would depict life in the camps.
Liberated in 1945, Nassy passed away in 1976