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A new commemorative marker was installed today in one of Charlotte’s Corridors of Opportunity. The marker aims to tell the history of places and people that helped shape the community.
JUNETEENTH In historic N.H. cemetery, a new headstone honors a formerly enslaved Black woman and education pioneer Dinah Chase Whipple fought for abolition and founded New Hampshire’s first ...
The first marker on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail is being unveiled in Cape May to recognize the Franklin Street School on Wednesday, June 11.
A new historical marker is in the works after the original plaque —commemorating the 1910 lynching of a Black man in downtown Dallas — was vandalized.
Black schoolhouse gets Florida Historical Marker designation in Emancipation Day ceremony The Salerno Colored School in Martin County will be designated as a Florida Historic Marker.
An African American heritage historical marker that was destroyed last month in Decatur has been replaced, according to an announcement from local historian Peggy Towns.
The Macfarlane and Golden Gate subdivisions have deep historic ties to the foundation of Coral Gables, and Miami more broadly. Now, a permanent marker on the corner of U.S. 1 and Grand Avenue ...
An updated historic marker honoring Black business owners Henderson and Daniel Brandon will be dedicated Friday on the Huntsville Courthouse Square.
More than 1,000 Black soldiers trained to become officers at Fort Des Moines during WWI. This year, the Iowa Historical Society will honor their service with a commemorative marker.
Galveston's first Black lifeguards were honored with a historical marker telling their stories on Feb 1, the marker tells under told history.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program dedicated a new historical marker Saturday to comemorate Black ...
News for Black Miami: Historic marker goes up in Hollywood’s Liberia neighborhood. A Black microschool opens in Overtown.