/tags/african-american-history African American History en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:17:00 GMT /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:17:00 GMT /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Jennifer Stayton /texas/2021-10-28/how-structural-racism-hinders-efforts-to-preserve-texas-black-history The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding an event Saturday at the Bullock Museum in Austin to talk about Black settlements in Texas and how people can help preserve their history. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:30:00 GMT /texas/2021-10-28/how-structural-racism-hinders-efforts-to-preserve-texas-black-history Jennifer Stayton /texas/2021-09-03/everyones-story-matters-texas-freedom-colonies-project-challenges-what-counts-as-an-artifact The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding a workshop this weekend about gathering artifacts and stories. And they're challenging long-held assumptions about what's often considered "museum-caliber" material. Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:59:36 GMT /texas/2021-09-03/everyones-story-matters-texas-freedom-colonies-project-challenges-what-counts-as-an-artifact Jennifer Stayton /life-arts/2020-08-04/the-golden-13-how-black-men-won-the-right-to-wear-navy-gold-with-dan-c-goldberg On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dan C. Goldberg, a health care reporter with Politico and author of The� Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:36:45 GMT /life-arts/2020-08-04/the-golden-13-how-black-men-won-the-right-to-wear-navy-gold-with-dan-c-goldberg John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2020-04-01/historically-black-colleges-and-universities-contributions-to-the-nfl-with-dr-derrick-e-white On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Derrick E. White, associate professor of history and African� Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:53:48 GMT /life-arts/2020-04-01/historically-black-colleges-and-universities-contributions-to-the-nfl-with-dr-derrick-e-white John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2020-03-25/the-life-of-william-grimes-the-runaway-slave-with-regina-mason-and-sean-durant-part-ii On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. concludes his conversation with Regina E. Mason, international speaker, executive� Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:40:45 GMT /life-arts/2020-03-25/the-life-of-william-grimes-the-runaway-slave-with-regina-mason-and-sean-durant-part-ii John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2020-03-19/the-life-of-william-grimes-the-runaway-slave-with-regina-mason-and-sean-durant-part-i On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Regina E. Mason, international speaker, executive producer and author of� Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:08:31 GMT /life-arts/2020-03-19/the-life-of-william-grimes-the-runaway-slave-with-regina-mason-and-sean-durant-part-i John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2020-03-06/revolution-in-black-and-white-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-era-with-richard-cahan On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Richard Cahan, author of Revolution in Black and White: Photographs of� Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:47:22 GMT /life-arts/2020-03-06/revolution-in-black-and-white-photographs-of-the-civil-rights-era-with-richard-cahan John L. Hanson Jr. /life-arts/2020-01-30/archivist-launches-african-american-genealogy-conference-you-never-know-who-youre-related-to kYmberly Keeton harvested community interest to create Growing Your Roots: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference. And she has a perhaps� Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:33:56 GMT /life-arts/2020-01-30/archivist-launches-african-american-genealogy-conference-you-never-know-who-youre-related-to Jennifer Stayton /life-arts/2020-01-29/history-center-celebrates-newspaper-thats-chronicled-black-life-in-austin-since-1973 Photographs from a local newspaper that has chronicled African American life in Austin for almost 50 years are on display at the Austin History Center for� Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:04:42 GMT /life-arts/2020-01-29/history-center-celebrates-newspaper-thats-chronicled-black-life-in-austin-since-1973 Nathan Bernier