Four photographers with 40+ years of music industry experience to be featured in yearlong exhibit

The grant will fund youth programs like My Brother's Keeper and Girls Opportunity as well as the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

In celebration of Juneteenth, the D.C. Divas partners with DC Tours and Transportation and popular children's book author Markette Sheppard to donate 100+ sets of ABC flash cards and matching posters featuring diverse children and images to support literacy and help bridge the summer learning gap in Washington, D.C. communities of color.

Entrepreneur Dexter Morrison is selling uniquely designed T-shirts to recognize civil rights and Black History icons

70 years ago today in Maple Shade, NJ, MLK had his first sit in, 70 years later NJ officials still refuse him service or respect.

BlackFacts.com has expanded features to enable crowd source of content from its members. Visit www.blackfacts.com to learn more

Safari Initiative Foundation's African Cultural Kickoff Celebration on
July 14 in Memphis's Orange Mound Neighborhood

The Flying Bullet: Graphic Novel/Film---A Sci-Fi; Story going from the Cotton Field to Outer Space

Dr. Carter G. Woodson the father of African/American history published his classic 1933 book "The Mis-Education of the Negro." Woodson notes that American education directs Blacks to move into an inferior position in our society. Anthony Amp Elmore President and Founder of the Proud Black Buddhist world Association teach that Japanese Buddhist teachers purposefully Mis-Educate Black people in regards to not only Black Buddhist history, but to the African presence of Japanese culture & history.

Shakyamuni Buddha is the world's Greatest Black Hero whose Black historical legacy was stolen in plain Daylight by racist Brahmans in India who are the "Fathers of the world's racism." Proud Black Buddhist World Association founder Anthony "Amp" Elmore ( Memphis, TN) launch the movement to fight for the Buddha's True Black legacy fighting "Buddhism's Racism."

Fiske, a co-author of a complete biography of Solomon Northup, will give two presentations at the Black History Month Brunch being put on by the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Tuckahoe, New York on February 28, 2015.

In anticipation of the screening of the film 12 Years a Slave at this year's Telluride by the Sea Film Festival, author David Fiske will talk about Solomon Northup, the man behind the memoir of the same name.

A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.

Twenty original documents and artifacts from The Freeman Institute Black History Collection about the Transatlantic Slave Trade are exhibited (free) at the United Nations until 30 April, 2011.

The new online archive celebrates early Carolina pioneers in the architectural profession.

Chet Grimsley, a white athlete, pens his story of playing for a HBCU school in the 1970s. Chet's faith in God allowed him to succeed in tough situations throughout his life and provided him the attitude to excel in life, regardless the circumstances.

Scott Robinson designs, Inc. launches new product line Mahogany Angels to inspire the African American Community. The line consists of bookmarks and notebooks featuring original African American artwork by artist LaShonda Scott Robinson.

The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs will host the dedication of "Yes We Can", by Georgia sculptor Robert Clements on Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:30pm. The installation is part of the Public Art Program Community Gateway Project.

Audio book release, Who Killed Emmett Till? set for January 15, 2010; written with unique perspective by author who lived on grounds of Mississippi's Parchman penitentiary; background, Delta blues music; cold case updates; voice talent, Jeff Hedquist