Black history

Retelling the success of a Black Okla. town, and its violent end

"Communities can contribute to racial reconciliation right where they live by resurrecting a more accurate and complete story that honors all Americans," Mo Schlick says.

As the nation tears down symbols of injustice, the state is looking at removing the name “freeholder” from the rolls of elected officials, claiming it is connected to racial bias.

The crowd at the Montclair Public Library Auditorium Sunday, Feb. 16, is educated and entertained by “The History of Black Churches and the Voting Movement.” The event explored the pivotal role of black churches in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s, including their part in galvanizing enforcement of the 1965 Voting Rights Act....

Mary Rice Hayes Allen, the lady in the red hat, crashed therough the color barrier after moving to town in 1920 with her husband William.

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” a documentary about the Nobel-winning author, is the official closing film of Montclair Film Festival.

Roger Ross Williams' "The Apollo" looks at the 85-year-old Harlem performance venue in the light of black history in America.

By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news A small, nondescript clapboard home with an extraordinary history has stood at 369 Claremont Ave. since around 1780. Built by William Crane, it may have been one of the first homes, maybe to house slaves. And...

By Kelly Nicholaides for Montclair Local Ten years ago, Montclair native Frank Gerard Godlewski floated the idea to use a copy of a model of Don Miller’s Martin Luther King Freedom mural—an iconic civil rights piece displayed at the Martin King, Jr. Memorial L ...