Black History

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Black joy and resistance in a piercing new book, 'We Refuse'

Tom Hall

Author and historian Kellie Carter Jackson researched the fight against white supremacy through U.S. history, and the different forms of political resistance.

Joe Gans, world champion boxer and a native of Baltimore, 1898. The Joe Gans 150th Birthday Celebration is a non profit hoping to bring Gans' all-but-forgotten legacy to light. Photo: Courtesy of Library of Congress

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Black world champ boxer Joe Gans put Baltimore on the sport's map

Melissa Gerr

We go On the Record to learn about the Black boxing world champ Joe Gans. He put Baltimore on the map more than a century ago -- yet his story has been all but forgotten. A local group plans to change that.

Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment, with revolver in front of painted backdrop showing balustrade and landscape credit: LOC/Flickr/Creative Commons

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"Color Guard"

Ric Cottom

The heroism of a "regiment of slaves."

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Civil Rights Activist Helena Hicks passes away at age 88

Tom Hall

Civil Rights activist Helena Hicks has passed away at the age of 88. We reflect on her legacy in an interview she conducted with Tom Hall in 2016.

Scott Shane, author of "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland"

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A story of slavery & freedom in Md. and DC in "Flee North"

Tom Hall

Author Scott Shane discusses his latest novel, "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland."

Terri Freeman, (top) president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, talks about the importance of accuracy when teaching and learning about, African American history and culture. She's joined by (lower L) Lady Brion, executive director of the Pennsylvania Ave. Black Arts and Entertainment District, and (lower R) Dr. Edwin T. Johnson, chairman of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. Photos: Freeman/Aisha Butler Photography; Johnson/Kristina D. Allen, Brion/provided.

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Pass the Mic: Teaching the truth about African American history and culture

Melissa Gerr

We go On the Record and Pass the Mic to Terri Freeman, head of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. She asks her guests why teaching Black history has become a political flashpoint — and how museums and the arts can help teach the truth.

"Kin: Rooted in Hope" book cover image: Simon and Schuster

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'Kin: Rooted in Hope' tells a family's history shaped by enslavement and freedom on the Eastern Shore

Sheilah Kast

We go on the record with author Carole Boston Weatherford and her illustrator son, Jeffrey, about their latest book: "Kin: Rooted in Hope."