Photo Credit: Salem Congregation (www.salemcongregation.org) When the African Log Church became too small, a larger brick church was built in 1861. Named St. Philips in 1914, it is the oldest standing African American church in North Carolina. It was from this pulpit of this brick church that on Sunday, May 21, 1865, a Union Calvary [...]
African American Graveyard | Winston-Salem, NC
Part of a complex of historical structures and landmarks that make up the St. Phillips Center, the African American graveyard was called by several names in the Moravian records, including “Negro God’s Acre” before use of it was discontinued in 1859. Numerous archaeological excavations in the graveyard have located lost graves; however, no attempt has [...]
Sun Studio & Records | Memphis, TN
Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash their first recording contracts and helping to launch their careers. Prior to those days Sun Records had mainly been noted for recording African-American artists, as Phillips loved Rhythm and Blues and wanted [...]
Stax Records “Soulville USA” | Memphis, TN
Known as the home of Memphis Soul or southern soul, Stax Records released some of the most influential recordings of the 1960′s, including such hits as “Soul Man,” “Respect”, and “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” among many others. Although its stable of music artists consisted almost entirely of African Americans, the label was [...]
The Chicago Defender, Chicago, IL
Founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905, the Chicago Defender, whose banner once touted itself as “The Mouthpiece of 14 Million People: Carries More Live News of Racial Interest Than Any Ten Weeklies,” was the nation’s most influential black weekly newspaper by the advent of World War I, with more than two thirds of its [...]
Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Named after Chicago’s first Afro-American Mayor, Harold Washington Cultural Center is a 1000 seat performance theater located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago. It was originally to be named the Lou Rawls Cultural Center, but Alderman Tillman changed the name without telling Rawls. The Center is located on a historical corner in the [...]
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