In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week (Black History Month) as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history. #BHM #CarterGWoodson #ASALH ASALH.org

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The Barrett-Peake Heritage Foundation bi-monthly board meeting was yesterday. We handled the business of preservation and community development. We are now furnishing the educational room upstairs. Please donate to this worthy cause- barrett-peake.org

Join the AFRO at the Baltimore Museum of Industry on June 18 (8:30-10:30 AM) as we honor 9 incredible museums safeguarding Black history, including the @LewisMuseum and its President, Terri Lee Freeman! 🎟️ Grab your tickets before they sell out: afrotix.live/

The new Black History Bulletin, Chariots of Fire, digital version is “Out Now” 🔥 —available on the Project MUSE Platform. @ProjectMUSE - Black History Bulletin: Volume 89, Number 1, Spring 2026 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56938

Voting rights are under attack—and history helps us understand why. Join @ASALH for a National Convening & Teach-In: From Brown v. Board to Louisiana v. Callais: The Ongoing Work to Eviscerate the 1965 Voting Rights Act. June 18, 2026 7 PM ET tinyurl.com/npakn9ep

Clarence B. Jones, Civil Rights lawyer and adviser to MLK, dies at 95 usatoday.com/story/news/nati… via @USATODAY

On this day in 1892, a white mob destroyed Ida B. Wells's newspaper office while she was away and threatened bodily harm if she returned because she challenged the myth of Black criminality. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…

An esteemed, beloved elder is now an ancestor. Clarence B. Jones, among Dr. King’s trusted legal counsels and strategic advisors, has passed. We are grateful for his life and his work in the interest of justice and Civil Rights. Our hearts go out to his family and our prayers go up on behalf of his loved ones. Photo: Clarence B. Jones standing above Dr. King with paper and pen in hand. #ClarenceBJones #MLK #AmongTheAncestors #TheKingCenter

May is preservation month. The Barrett-Peake Heritage Foundation stewards over Black Civil War era cemeteries and evolves the first-floor museum- community space of last headquarters of VA Federation of Colored Womens Clubs in Hampton. Please donate at barrett-peake.org

We are pleased to announce that Jarvis McInnis's AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION is the winner of the 2026 ASALH Book Prize from The Association for the Study of African American Life and History. buff.ly/JkwMCjj @ASALH @ProfMcInnis

The NAACP has filed a lawsuit alleging Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates against Black voters by dismantling the state’s only majority-Black district. Our right to fair representation was paid for with blood, sacrifice, and generations of struggle. We cannot allow political games to silence Black voices or weaken Black voting power. thehill.com/homenews/state-w…

On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establishing the 'separate but equal' doctrine as national law and authorizing discrimination in public accommodations. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…

Week One: America’s birth, our nation @afronews afro.com/black-resistance-am…

The reason any of us know about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre is due to decades of work by many people. No one is more responsible than Don Ross: As a high school student, in 1971, he began documenting oral histories and other accounts of the destruction of Black Wall Street. He was lead organizer of public events commemorating the 75 anniversary, in 1996, which created the first memorial in Greenwood. He authored and championed the legislation creating a state commission to reinvestigate what happened - the first formal review by any agency. tulsaflyer.org/2026/05/05/ne…

Maryland historian Anthony Cohen is retracing a 750-mile Underground Railroad route from Maryland to Canada, 30 years after first making the walk wusa9.com/article/news/histo…

🎞️ “San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood" is now available to stream for FREE: bit.ly/48EBKwI Directed by @StanleyNelson1, and narrated by #ArianaDeBose, the documentary traces the history of San Juan Hill and celebrates the legacy of those who called it home.

Famed milliner Mae Reeves was a businesswoman whose legacy was to empower and enfranchise African Americans across Philadelphia and the country.

Michelle and I can’t wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center! Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you’ll be able to check out the Museum along with public spaces like a new branch of the Chicago Public Library with a reading room, a two-acre playground, a fruit and vegetable garden, and more. Tickets available at tickets.obama.org.

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black children began a movement peacefully protesting racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, as part of the Children's Crusade and faced intense police brutality, sparking nationwide outrage. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…

ASALH issues statement on evisceration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 @afronews afro.com/voting-rights-act-s…