14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (406+ words) Bermuda still feels the effects of enslavement and segregation in the 21st century through inequality, trauma and violence, the Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, said today. The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill spoke during a service at a former graveyard at the Rubber…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (112+ words) The cemetery's return to public hands came only after a scare. In May 2023, the Tampa City Council unanimously voted to buy back the 20-acre burial ground for $100,000 after the city had accidentally lost the abandoned, segregation-era cemetery to a real…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (455+ words) By Crystal Good, BBG Honestly, Dr. Terri A. Berkley was the only reason I went to the West Virginia NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet in Huntington on August 14. I’ve always been in awe of her oratory skills, and I was hoping she…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church, pictured, is the site of a more than 50-year family reunion, celebrating one of the first free African American settlements in West Virginia, dating back to 1848. The church was built in 1898. (Stephen Williamson/The Spirit…...

5+ day, 45+ min ago   (183+ words) loudounnow.com In keeping with the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the two Ebenezer Baptist churches and their cemeteries near Airmont will hold their annual fall homecoming event on Sept 12 starting at 2 p.m.  The public…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (307+ words) From left, Leroy Hopkins, Jeff Hudson, Judy Waters and Georgieanna Dorm, all key figures involved in a project to rehabilitate a historic African American cemetery in Marietta, speak with a reporter about their plans on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Marietta African…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) West Virginia’s always known when something’s coming before the rest of the country wants to admit it. We are America’s canary in the coal mine. An abandoned coal town. An empty Walmart. We’ve seen the warning signs up close. But…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (630+ words) Efforts to dismantle African American Studies programs threaten the nation’s ability to understand its history, confront systemic inequities, and build a more just and democratic future. — The New York Times/José A. Alvarado Jr. When I graduated high school in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) Hickory Grove Church (20) After separating from the Union Baptist Association (U.B.A.) in October 1884, Hickory Grove operated as an independent Baptist church. No longer a purely Baptist work, preachers from different denominations were invited to conduct worship services. Possibly by design, this…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (699+ words) “I imagine they passed this way,” said Wanda Tucker, a 17th generation granddaughter of William Tucker. He’s believed to be the first African born in English-speaking North America — to two people kidnapped and brought to Hampton in August 1619 on the the…...