HISTORICAL MARKER HONORING BLACK FRONTIERSMAN WHO DIED IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR UNVEILED IN GRANTSVILLE, GARRETT COUNTY Historic Site on National Road Nominated by the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History READ FULL ARTICLE: MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION: HISTORIC MARKER GRANTSVILLE,Continue reading “Signature Project: Historical Marker on Negro Mountain Grantsville, Garrett County, MD”
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Signature Project: Historical Marker for the Banishment of African Americans from Johnstown PA
100 years ago, Blacks had 24 hours to leave Johnstown, Pa.‘One of the most horrific racial injustices in Western Pennsylvania’ Read Full Article in The New Pittsburgh Courier Our most sincere congratulations are extended to Branch member Cody McDevitt for being the driving force in obtaining a historical marker for the banishment of African AmericansContinue reading “Signature Project: Historical Marker for the Banishment of African Americans from Johnstown PA”
Black Historians Speak On Objective History
Black Historians Know There’s No Such Thing as Objective History Recent critiques of “presentism” fail to see that we can’t divorce the past from the present—and that supposedly objective scholarship has long promoted racist narratives and suppressed Black history. Keisha N. Blain, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University and Columnist for MSNBC/SeptemberContinue reading “Black Historians Speak On Objective History”
DR. EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH OF ASALH 