'Black history is American history': Paducah celebrates Eighth of August, Black history

Community raises August 8 policing concerns at Paducah City Commission meeting

Members of the community voiced their concerns about last weekend’s Eighth of August celebrations at the Paducah City Commission meeting Tuesday, with many claiming that the events were overpoliced.

'Black history is American history': Paducah celebrates Eighth of August, Black history

The Paducah community gathered across the city on August 8 — also known as Emancipation Day — to celebrate the day when enslaved people from the region learned of their newfound freedoms following the Civil War, and to share the…

Guest Commentary: Black Philly History, Today

One hundred and thirty years ago this August, a 28-year-old W.E.B. Du Bois moved into a one-room apartment at 700 Lombard Street with his wife Nina and walked out into Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward to ask Black Philadelphians how they were living. The University of Pennsylvania had commissioned the study but had not created a faculty … Continue reading Guest Commentary: Black Philly History, Today The post Guest Commentary: Black Philly History, T…