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01/03/2012 - 15:34
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the second consecutive year, the seven-week course Come to the Water provides a broad overview of the significant African-American heritage in California and the West. The course, taught by historian John William Templeton, is intended to provide educators, youth workers and parents with the skills and content to provide culturally responsive instruction.
01/02/2012 - 11:51
ATLANTA -- One would normally think about a family reunion on a church lawn as a place to taste black eyed peas that seemed as if they were just picked and roasted over an open fire.
11/12/2011 - 22:50
SAN FRANCISCO -- The International Longshore and Warehouse Union was one of the biggest catalysts to free Nelson Mandela from 26 years in a South African prison, notes Willie L.
10/18/2011 - 22:05
SAN FRANCISCO -- The ingredient of the civil rights struggle usually overlooked by historians is the financing of activism.
08/03/2011 - 05:51
SACRAMENTO -- For decades, the mural of Queen Califia in the California State Capitol was covered by sheet rock. Hardly anyone understood the significance of the image.
06/22/2011 - 12:03
The rich learning experience of more than 200 years of African-American heritage in San Francisco is a powerful means to energize learners. The legacy of social justice from the unbroken heritage of the National Underground Railroad and successful legal decisions as far back as the Civil War undergirds the sense of purpose and belonging for today's young people.
06/06/2011 - 13:15
SAN FRANCISCO -- African-American-owned enterprises provide close to 3 million jobs, according to new data included in A Piece of the Pie: State of Black Business, eighth edition.
06/04/2011 - 17:02
The Architectural Legacy of The Underground Railroad is the topic for the June meeting of The Victorian Alliance on Wednesday, June 29.
04/26/2011 - 02:39
An act of selfless sportsmanship drew scholars Anthony Pratkanis and Marlene Turner to title their article on how African-Americans broke into major league baseball after “the headiest and fastest base runner of his or any other time.”
04/26/2011 - 02:31
WASHINGTON – For the 10th year, the Smithsonian Institution celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month in April to recognize a distinctively American form
04/26/2011 - 02:27
On the 150th anniversary of the Confederate shelling of Ft.
04/25/2011 - 19:48
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake is one of the hooks that led me to write the novel Cakewalk: an historical
