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Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Honoring Black History: Hattie McDaniel
WJBF – Did you know that Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Oscar? WJBF NewsChannel 6 presents Honoring Black History Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gone With The Wind in 1939. There would not be another Black woman to win in this category until Whoopi Goldberg, who won in 1990 for her performance in Ghost. Honoring Black History: Robert Johnson WJBF News Channel 6 is Honoring Black History because Black history is America's history. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2025 Honoring Black History Special
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – ABC4 and CW30 have once again partnered with the NAACP-Salt Lake Branch to present Honoring Black History, a 30-minute special celebrating Black History Month in Utah. NAACP-Salt Lake Branch, led by President Jeanetta Williams, along with Executive Committee Members, James Yapias (Education Chair), Alain Balmanno (Judicial Chair), and Pastor Corey Hodges (The Point Church/Utah Jazz Chaplain), and Michael Smaulden, American Red Cross, each share valuable and interesting perspectives regarding the accomplishments, challenges and the opportunities of our Black and African American community. For more information about joining the NAACP-Salt Lake Branch, click here. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Sponorsored locally by NAACP-Salt Lake Branch. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘We want to make our community proud' Beck Cultural Exchange Center celebrating 50 years
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Beck Cultural Exchange Center on Dandridge Avenue has been serving East Tennessee since 1975. The center houses hundreds of years of history from yearbooks to newspaper clippings. 'During our 50th anniversary, we can really show you some of the artifacts that we have, original artifacts and different memorabilia that really speaks to history in its authentic form,' President of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center Rev. Renee Kesler said. 'That's always exciting to share with you that you may have never seen before. Beck has over 50,000 artifacts that speak to Black History and culture, so being able to share those and put those on exhibition is always an exciting time.' 'Roots of Resilience' documentary supports fight food insecurity against in East Knoxville According to Kesler, the Beck Center is the only designated black history center in East Tennessee. 'To recognize that you are one of the only, the one and only East Tennessee community representative for African American history and culture,' Kesler said. 'There's no other repository for Black History and culture in East Tennessee other than the Beck Cultural Exchange Center as designated by the state of Tennessee. It's an honor to share this history, to preserve this history and to open it up for all of our community to enjoy.' How to watch WATE's 2025 Honoring Black History special For the Beck Center's 50 year anniversary, there will be events throughout the year for people to enjoy and learn more about black history in East Tennessee. At this time the Beck Center is working to finish up a big project. 'Right now, we are excited in this 50th year to talk about the Delaney Museum. We are trying to finish up the remaining funds we need to raise for that project so that we can finish that up as well,' Kesler said. 'We have some lofty goals but here's what we want, we want to make our community proud, we want to be a community where people look at us and say wow, how did Knoxville do it.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘Roots of Resilience' documentary supports fight food insecurity against in East Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — To kick off Black History Month, a local collective held a documentary premiere at Central Cinema to highlight their fight to eliminate food insecurity in East Knoxville. 'We are in the business of not only recreating but reclaiming and restoring what was here in east Knoxville,' said Femeika Elliot, Rooted East Knoxville Collective co-founder. Tennessee university, medical center leaders write lawmakers about change to NIH research grants In their new documentary, 'Roots of Resilience: East Knoxville's Black Food Renaissance,' the Rooted East Knoxville Collective chose to highlight the voices of East Knoxville elders, learning from their stories how to restore access to healthy fresh produce. 'There's not anything really digitally that's owned by community, that's housed in community, telling the stories of our foodways in our green spaces of East Knoxville prior to urban renewal,' said Elliot. 'So, we sat down with our elders, sat down with community members, our home garden participants, stakeholders in our community to assess and amplify their voices.' Through their documentary, they hope to educate the community about how green spaces were used in the past and bring those practices back to East Knoxville. 'We believe that Sankofa is really important, which means going back and getting it or going back and fetching traditions and history, and we have to learn from our history in order to move sustainably and move forward,' said Elliot. Report notes 'significant' growth of food insecurity in East Tennessee As a collective, they hope to restore food access by bringing back community gardens and distributing fresh produce to the community. 'We are establishing — reestablishing, really, community sufficiency. So, we teach food pathways, more so focusing on gardening education, getting those that has that have been historically disenfranchised back to the land,' said Elliot. Through education in land stewardship and gardening, she said they hope to bring the power of growing your own food back to people, regardless of your zip code. 'It also feels great that people are taking an active interest in their health, in their overall wellness, in their intrigue and just trying to get back to learning those skill sets that we used to have,' said Elliot. How to watch WATE's 2025 Honoring Black History special Any ticket sales from their documentary screening went towards their effort to bring gardening back to east Knoxville. Elliot said they have not shared the documentary online yet, but hope to soon, and urge those interested in upcoming screenings to follow their social media, or check out their website to learn how to get involved in their program. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
'Honoring Black History' airs on WDHN Saturday
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The month of February is dedicated across the country to honor, celebrate, and remember the history and legacy of black Americans. Those stories are told and written every day from the emancipation of slaves to Jim Crow and segregation, to the trailblazers and pioneers rewriting history and reshaping the culture of America. Here in the Wiregrass, one community in Coffee County has seen firsthand what it means to struggle due to the actions of a state agency that often overlooks black communities. That's the story of the people in Shiloh, watching their homes dwindle in every rainstorm. The expansion of Highway 84 created a flooding nightmare, leaving them to figure out how to save their livelihoods and homes some of which have been lived in for generations. In Mobile, the annual Mardi Gras Parade has become a staple in Southwest Alabama. In its origins, there wasn't much of a place given to African Americans, who were left to carry torches or be mule attendants. In 1938, a small group of black professionals started the colored carnival association which was later renamed the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association. 87 years later MAMGA marries Mardi Gras fun with its history, colorfully and creatively honoring black culture. These stories are just two of many that depict the endurance, fight, and pride black Americans need to get through disparities created in system racism. You can hear these stories and many more on February 22 on WDHN. Join WDHN Anchor, Michael Rinker and WDHN Reporter, Robert Smith for 'Honoring Black History' which will air at 6:30 p.m. central time. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
