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Candace Milburn with the contencts of the African-American veteran themed "Go Box"

Black History Month ‘Go Box’ – Surrogates from the Veterans History Project Collection

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: African American Heritage Month, African American History, African American History Month, African Americans, Black History Month, Cultural Heritage, Diverse Experiences in Service, Exhibits, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Serving: Our Voices, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II

“Jail, No Bail”: Tactics of Protest in the Freedom Struggle in Rock Hill, South Carolina

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Ernest Finney, Freedom Struggle, Friendship Nine, Rock Hill Nine

Violet Hill Gordon in uniform.

The Courage to Deliver: The Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: African American Heritage Month, African American History, African American History Month, African Americans, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Cultural Heritage, Diverse Experiences in Service, Narratives, Oral History, Serving: Our Voices, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Women's History, World War II

man seated in wheelchar singing next to a podium

From Conflict to Creativity: The Journeys of Matthew Gill and Teresa K. Howes

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: African Americans, Folk Music, Folksong, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

“A Central Thread of Our History”: African American Heritage Lasts Longer than a Month

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Posted in: African American History, African American History Month, African Americans, Black History Month, Cultural Heritage, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, Spiritual music, Zydeco

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia Film Series: “Foraging and Relations” Premieres August 18

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

Posted in: AFC Events, African Americans, Appalachia, Film, Foodways

Sarah Dachos sitting at the back of her car.

Full Circle: From Military Service to Agriculture

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: African Americans, Foodways, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Freedom Summer 1964 – SNCC remembers

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Bob Moses, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Freedom Struggle, Freedom Summer 1964, Uncategorized

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

African American Art Dolls and Puppets for Identity and Healing

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Folk Art, Women's History