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11 things to do in February, from Cupid’s Undie Run to Spirits of the Burgh Festival
From Cupid's Undie Run to Spirits of the Burgh Festival to Beerfest, don't sleep on February in Pittsburgh. There's plenty to do.
February is Black History Month. Celebrate in RI with tours, poetry, music and more
Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician and activist Randall Ashe.
36 Hours in Accra, Ghana
A visit to Accra offers a rich mix of small-town bungalow communities and sleek new high-rises, of exuberant dancing outdoors ...
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Before Google maps, there was Gladys West, the woman who shaped modern GPS technology
In the early 1980s, Gladys led a five-member team that was programming the IBM 7030 computer, popularly known as Stretch. She ...
How to celebrate Black History Month in the D.C. area
Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...
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Reclaiming Indianapolis’ Black History from Urban Roots
Today we head back to Indianapolis with the podcast Urban Roots. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Jean Spears was a young mother ...
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A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...
Altadena’s Black residents disproportionally hit by Eaton fire, UCLA study says
Black residents of Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton fire and will have a ...
Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not ...
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
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Briana Hunter '08 Shines on Some of Opera’s Most Coveted Stages
Mezzo Soprano Briana Hunter ’08 has dazzled audiences at the world’s top venues, including the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center. Hunter, who starred in music and theatre ...