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At the Josiah Henson Museum and Park, visitors can feel the weight of the past. Interpretive exhibits based on Henson’s writing reveal details of everyday life on a plantation, while a log kitchen offers an immersion into an enslaved cook’s…..
David Rotenstein posted 12-26-2018 11:44 Preservation Leadership Forum Patricia Tyson has lived in her Silver Spring, Maryland, neighborhood for most of her life. She believes that the nearby Talbot Avenue Bridge, which is slated for demolition in early 2019 to make way…..
From JULY 1, 2021 ADVANCING PHILANTHROPY The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified mental health issues at an astonishing rate, with a swell of stress, anxiety and isolation that has consistently worsened since early 2020. While there is much to be optimistic about…..
African American historian Carter G. Woodson, date unkown. PHOTO FROM BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES No one has played a greater role in helping all Americans know the Black past than Carter G. Woodson, the individual who created Negro History Week in Washington,…..
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Today Project CHANGE was treated to a Master Class in Music from the inimitable Jalen N’gonda. Those who know the team for the last three years might recognize the family name. Jalen is back from the UK to do some…..
By Jonathan M. Pitts Yesterday at 6:06 p.m. EST Washington Post Regular folks and history buffs who believe Maryland leaned strongly toward the Confederacy during the Civil War era have never lacked evidence for the claim. It was a Marylander, after all,…..
By Robin Givhan Senior critic-at-large January 11, 2022 at 7:36 p.m. EST The president traveled Tuesday to Atlanta to deliver a speech on the sanctity of voting rights — a geographic choice that speaks to the reality that nothing about this democracy…..
“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that…..
By E.J. Dionne Jr.Columnist|Follow January 16, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST This holiday weekend, Americans will celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. of their choosing. That’s not surprising. But it is a problem. If the devil can quote scripture for…..