February is devoted to Black History and heart health. Today TheVillageCelebration honors the intersection of the two by sharing the story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams....
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, recognized as the “Father of Black History”, understood the economic inequity Black Americans faced when he was a young teenager. To supplement...
Trayvon Martin celebrated his seventeenth birthday on February 5, 2012. A few weeks later an overzealous neighborhood watch captain fatally shot the teenager. The circumstances of...
Thanks to Deion Sanders and generations of graduates, Historically Black Colleges and Universities are having a moment. The doors of the first HBCUs opened in Pennsylvania...
Take a close look at Azie Taylor Morton’s name. Perhaps, you recognize it. For a span of 20 years between the late 1970s and close to...
Hello, and welcome to our celebration of Black History Month! TheVillageCelebration produces content all year devoted to recognizing African Americans value and perspective – in every...
Memphis holds an historic place in the minds of Americans for its role in the push for social justice. When Dr. King was gunned down at...
Jennifer Mooney and Bryon McCauley had been friends and colleagues for years. When COVID hit and George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in 2020,...
The familiar story of police beating and killing a Black man is dominating headlines this week as the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Memphis Police...
Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis offered more evidence of his orchestrated effort to muzzle Black voices by refusing to allow his state’s high schools to add...