Before the Civil War, the vast majority (approximately 90 percent) of African Americans lived in the South. Though some former slaves moved away from the South after the war, most of the ...

recorded his dialogue for the first "Star Wars" film in less than three hours Sarah Kuta The Great Migration transformed the nation—but millions of African Americans never left their Southern ...

From 1920 to 1930, the African American population exploded in Chicago, increasing from 109,458 to 233,903 residents in just a decade. The Great Migration of people was accompanied by a musical ...

Step Afrika! is the oldest dance company dedicated to step, and first made its way to Lincoln in 2021. Now, they’re back at ...

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The New Film, Produced by Attain 9 Inc., Explores Historical Parallels to Current Social Issues for Justice, Unity, and ...

Ohio Governor James M. Cox—soon to be the Democratic nominee for president in 1920—marked Labor Day with a lengthy public ...

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One hundred years after the Q House first opened its doors, the reborn Dixwell community center capped a year of centenary celebrations with a ...

From 1915, social injustice, poverty and fear drove half a million African Americans from the South to the North, in what was called The Great Migration. In the North, African Americans had to ...

Step Afrika! returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts Thursday with a show based on the paintings of Black artist Jacob ...