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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

@ASALH Bernita Bowlding, Roswell Encina Patriot Front, Despicable and Rancid Spectacle of White… medium.com/the-polis/bern…

The NAACP is investing $20 million in the largest midterm Get Out The Vote campaign in its 117 year history. This is not business as usual. After the Voting Rights Act was gutted and states like Tennessee and Louisiana redrew maps to eliminate majority Black districts, the NAACP responded. If your vote did not matter, they would not be working this hard to take it away. They are redrawing maps, changing laws and eliminating districts specifically to dilute Black voting power. That tells you everything you need to know. Your vote matters locally and nationally. Voter registration deadlines are approaching in some states. Register now and get out there! naacp.org/articles/250th…

As America turns 250, you cannot tell the story of its sports and culture without Black athletes, from Muhammad Ali to Jackie Robinson to Colin Kaepernick. #BlackHistory #America250 #MuhammadAli #JackieRobinson amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/07/0…

In 2016, at age 89, Opal Lee—the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"—made a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington, DC, to advocate for federal recognition of #Juneteenth. Later this year, she will celebrate her 100th birthday. More about her life and legacy: s.si.edu/3Qv2sSj

My annual 4th of July ritual read of Mr. Douglass'-“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” that keeps the freedom narrative focused on Black folks. share.google/uznO0ZIPJvIKUW…

Fort Monroe ceremony marks 15 years of remembering African lives lost in the Middle Passage #ASALH2026 wtkr.com/news/in-the-co…

48 Hrs Until The ASALH Nat’l Convening and Teach-In! Join Terry Anne Scott, Kweisi Mfume & more on June 18th as we examine voting rights, history, & the path forward. Protecting the ballot is protecting democracy.🗳️#VotingRights #Democracy #BlackHistory365 tinyurl.com/4yyadh9y

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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/nat… 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-injusti…

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…

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-injusti…

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