Memorial Day Black Americans Were Nearly Erased From Memorial Day's History Many cities claim to have celebrated Memorial Day first, but the true earliest version of the commemoration — organized by Black residents of Charleston, South Carolina — was nearly erased from history.
South Carolina Don't Overlook Memorial Day's Black, Southern Roots The first Memorial Day, organized by Black residents of Charleston, South Carolina, was nearly erased from history. In 1865, a group of Black Charlestonians exhumed a mass, unmarked grave filled with the bodies of Union soldiers, and then gave them proper burials. LX News storyteller Jalyn Henderson speaks with David Blight, a historian who uncovered the Memorial Day history —...
black history A Brief History of the Great Migration, when 6 Million Black People Left the South The Great Migration in the 20th century changed the face of America. For the past few decades, it's been reversing.
black history The Great Migration Changed America: 1 Reporter Shares Her Family's Story Over 60 years in the 20th century, about 6 million Black people moved from rural communities in the South to cities in the North and West to get away from Jim Crow laws and search for economic opportunity — including the family of NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson. She shares her aunt’s and uncle’s perspective on the history of this period,...
rebound One Step at a Time: Moving Tourism Forward When a City Shuts Down A record 66.6 million tourists visited New York City in 2019 and business was booming for Stacey Toussaint, founder of diversity and inclusion-centered Inside Out Tours. But when the coronavirus pandemic brought the city to a standstill, Toussaint was left to figure out how to keep her tourism business running when there simply were no tourists.
paul r. williams Paul R. Williams Redesigned the Beverly Hills Hotel. But Because He Was Black, He Couldn't Stay There Today, Williams' signature still stands tall above one of the most iconic hotels in all of Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Hotel. His redesign came at a time when segregation was at its peak in the United States.
paul williams Paul R. Williams Redesigned the Beverly Hills Hotel. Because He Was Black, He Couldn't Stay There Paul R. Williams was the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles and the homes of many of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 20th century. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles International Airport are just a few of the designs that sprang from his imagination. But despite the...
underground railroad The Southern Underground Railroad Was the Route to Freedom That History Forgot We all know about the Underground Railroad —the network that Harriet Tubman and others used to bring enslaved people from the South to the northern free states in the years through the Civil War. But you likely haven’t learned about the alternate route to freedom that ran through Florida and existed with the help of the Black Seminoles. This is...
kwanzaa Has 2020's Reckoning on Race Impacted the Celebration of Kwanzaa? The Root host Felice Leon joins NBCLX to discuss the celebration of Kwanzaa and if the social reckoning that occurred throughout the country in 2020 has had an impact on the Kwanzaa tradition.
