Living History

By Janna M. Hall On August 28, 1963, around 250,000 people gathered together for the first ever March on Washington, serving as the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s…

New Website Showcases Election News and Tools for Black Women to Prepare to Vote On October 6, 2016, Higher Heights, the leading, independent and trusted political voice for Black women…

The New Black History Museum: Framing History through Technology By Janna M. Hall Situated on the corner of W. Leigh and St. Peter streets in Jackson Ward sits a massive…

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Featured in New Partnership with Google National Park Service partnership with Google Cultural Institute digitally features virtual tours, historical artifacts    RICHMOND, Va. –…

View Points Sex and Politics Two women are currently in the race to become the first female to be elected as the President of the United States of America. One…

2015 Million Man March Highlights Photos: Ashley K. Clarke  

The World Loved RVA Photos courtesy of Ervin Clarke.

Ten Years after Hurricane Katrina: Changing Hearts, Minds and Systems in New Orleans By La June Montgomery Tabron America’s Wire Writers Group NEW ORLEANS – Ten years after Katrina devastated…

NAACP Launches America’s Journey for Justice at Edmund Pettus Bridge America’s Journey for Justice will commence on August 1st at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to coincide with…