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COLUMBUS, Ind. - Heritage Fund-Bartholomew COunty (HFBC) recently gifted $182,100 in grants from the Community Fund to local nonprofit organizations a...

February is Black History Month. If you're looking for some events to attend, we've got you covered

Galleries inside the African-American Library at the Gregory School in Houston are lined with photos that capture moments in time in the city's Black community.

Brad Arrowood, Erik Curren, Michele Edwards, Alice Woods are running for Staunton City Council.

Cooks Snack Shop was the hub of the Black community on Augusta Street before it was demolished in urban renewal.

Documentary screening and panel discussion on the histories of Fairview Cemeteries in Waynesboro and Staunton.

Oral history interviews are sometimes “the only lasting artifact that we have of a person’s life,” Frances Jones-Sneed says. A new collaborative will provide a formal home for Black oral

St. James AME Church, which was slammed during the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Mayfield, Kentucky, to receive $100,000 donation to rebuild.

“Historically Black churches deserve the same admiration and stewardship as the National Cathedral in Washington or New York’s Trinity Church,” said Brent Leggs, executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, a partnership between Emory Arts and artist-activist Charmaine Minniefield will place three praise houses in metro Atlanta to uplift the African American history of those communities.