Taylor, TX, recognized unmarked graves of Black citizens at the local cemetery, signaling a move toward acknowledging its ...

Explore Black history and culture at Houston landmarks such as Freedmen’s Town, the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum and ...

The Taylor City Cemetery received its Historical Texas Cemetery designation from the Texas Historical Commission in 2022. The ...

As part of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence known as the Semiquincentennial to be celebrated on July 4, 2026, the library local history department has ...

100s of unmarked gravesides were reclaimed by the city of Taylor. A monument was built to remember the members of Taylor's Black population buried without a headstone.

Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...

Taylor's lost graves find respect African American resting places receive a historical monument Time may have erased a ...

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and the Maryland Historical Trust have awarded $5 million in grants to 31 organizations, according to a news release. The African ...

The 1.26 acre property is linked to the Griffin Cemetery and Winters Family Cemetery, all in African American settlements once located on the edge of Bexar County. It’s also linked to ...

Growing up, Traci Clay’s father always said he was on his way to “moving home.” Each time Velmil Clay uttered the phrase, she gave him a puzzled look. She knew he grew up on the West Side and couldn’t ...