Press Association
Family’s delight as statue of medical pioneer Henrietta Lacks unveiled
A statue of a black woman whose cells led to crucial medical advances has been unveiled at the University of Bristol. The artwork of Henrietta Lacks is the first public sculpture of a black woman made by a black woman in the UK. Lacks, a...
Curated Video
Ropes In Brown Hands
In one of America's few remaining Freedmen's towns, a cowboy carries on the tradition of one of the nation's oldest African American rodeos.
Press Association
Statue of black ‘mother’ of modern medicine unveiled at Bristol University
A statue of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman whose cells led to crucial medical advances, is unveiled at Bristol University. Lawrence Lacks, Henrietta's son, and Jeri Lacks, her granddaughter, both spoke to the gathered crowd.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Mike Bloomberg targets black voters in Texas
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg launches Mike for Black America at the Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston Texas (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
The Recount
Meet the “Father of Black History” | Bet You Didn’t Know
As we near the end of Black History Month, we at The Recount want to take you back to where it all began: with Carter G. Woodson, a historian who believed that educating people (ALL people!) about Black history was absolutely necessary...
Curated Video
America Commemorates The 57th Anniversary Of 'Bloody Sunday'
This march is still carrying weight 57 years later.
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Object of History: From Segregation to Sit In
Detailed written overview with accompanying audio of the Greensboro, NC sit-in at an F.W. Woolworth store that sparked the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s. Explore how lunch counters played a vital role in urban America, and...
A&E Television
History.com: Black History Month
The History Channel presents a video on the history behind Black History Month with numerous links to videos of key events, biographies of famous African Americans, the history of Civil Rights, and much more. The audio and video clips...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: w.e.b. Du Bois
This NPR archive story discusses W. E. B. DuBois' exploration of America's ongoing struggle with race. Michele Norris presents a reexamination of The Souls of Black Folk, on the book's 100th anniversary.