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This event that happened. one of the worst events of racial violence in this country to happen. but it's also about this place called greenwood that was this black utopia that existed in america. that not a lot of people know about. and it is important that we know about the massacre that happened and that we're learning about 100 years later. and i think it's just as important to understand and to know about, again, this black utopia that was created by black people in the 1920s. >> tell us more about that. tell us about greenwood in the 1920s. >> sure. so greenwood, which is -- they call it ...

Bill T. Jones brings a program of Saul Williams’s work to a New York Live Arts festival of ideas as audiences adjust to the city’s reopening.

Knoxville Public Library Promotes “Hip History” Contest

Organizers thought 300 people might come to the inaugural I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa festival on Jan. 30, 1999. Instead, 1,000 people flocked to the State Historical Building in Des Moines for a daylong event showcasing African American arts, culture, soul food, exhibitors and a national headliner. Planning began in 1998, when Iowans answered the nationwide challenge to create local events inspired by the PBS and Blackside Productions airing of the “I’ll Make Me a World” mini-series. Slated for February 1999, the series highlighted the history of African American arts in the 20th c...

It’s Black History Month. What does the Iowa town of Buxton have to teach us about Black, and American History? Join us today as Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Rachelle Chase, author of “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa.