Earlier this week the Rivard Report posted a detailed article by Brendan Gibbons about the struggles of the San Antonio African American Community Archive...
For decades there has been concern about the desecration and loss of African American cemeteries and burial sites. A National Burial Database of Enslaved...
I began researching one historic Black settlement in northern San Antonio eighteen months ago. By cross referencing land records, census records, archived periodicals, and...
The ongoing research of San Antonio’s historic Black settlements has revealed aspects of the city’s history that many could not imagine. Oral history sessions...
For the past two weeks an AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team has been in the field documenting the historic Mound Bayou, Mississippi...
The Mound Bayou Historical Commission and the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor fraternal organization (est. 1872) is sponsoring an AmeriCorps...
This past May I had the opportunity to participate in “Preservation Week” produced by Preservation Piedmont in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. I wrote about...
Last Friday I had the honor and pleasure to present the keynote talk launching “Preservation Week” produced by Preservation Piedmont in Charlottesville, Albemarle County,...
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