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For hundreds of years, African Americans have shaped the story of the Midwest. These monuments, museums, and historical sites celebrate that legacy. www.midwestliving.com/inspiring-pl... #blackmidwest #tellthemwhatwedid #bhmat100
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Saving Brooklyn, Illinois, America’s First Black Incorporated Town savingplaces.org/stories/broo... #blackmidwest #savingblackspaces
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As downtown Kalamazoo transforms, residents are turning to the deep history of Black art, culture, and community on North Burdick Street to ground the present by understanding and respecting the city’s roots. secondwavemedia.com/remembering-... #blackmidwest
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With new exhibits and relevance, African American History Museum reopens in Springfield, IL www.sj-r.com/story/news/l... #blackmidwest
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Documentary Film Showing: The Search for Anna & Levi: A Lost History of Black Homesteaders in Leelanau County, Michigan www.interlochenpublicradio.org/community-ca... #blackmidwest
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Ann Arbor to use art to commemorate historic Black neighborhood www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20... #blackmidwest
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Conner Prairie shows Promised Land as Proving Ground exhibit to illuminate African American journey in Indiana www.indystar.com/picture-gall... #blackmidwest
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Long hailed as a jewel on the city’s South Side, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter takes a look at the history of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX3H... #BlackMidwest
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A Landscape Architecture Student Charts a Path of Discovery Through Indianapolis’s Black History and becomes a teachable moment for the city. landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/07/16/a... #BlackMidwest
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African American Resource Center’s Bookerfest brings joy to Rockford community #BlackMidwest www.mystateline.com/news/bookerf...
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Book 🚨: The Oxford Handbook of Midwestern History books.google.com/books?hl=en&... including sections on the region in the Civil War Era and the #BlackMidwest
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Woodlawn, Washtenaw County’s only Black cemetery, once abandoned, now unearths history of the #BlackMidwest and segregation — even in death www.bridgemi.com/quality-life...
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Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara on The history of Black Midwesterners before the Great Migrations pbswisconsin.org/webisode/why... #BlackMidwest
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African American Legacy Project of Northwest Ohio celebrates 20 years of preserving history www.toledoblade.com/local/commun... #BlackMidwest Future projects inc a K-8 school of the arts, performing arts center, & revitalized Dorr Street Corridor reminiscent of Black Toledo before “urban renewal."
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U of Illinois professor, Erik McDuffie, discusses the history of Black people in Midwest and the Garvey movement in award-winning book, The Second Battle for Africa will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto... #blackmidwest #midweststudies
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The Bronzeville Center for the Arts announced Monday plans to begin demolition of the former Department of Natural Resources, marking a step toward the creation of Milwaukee’s future African American Art and Culture Museum. milwaukeenns.org/2025/05/19/p... #BlackMidwest
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Ann Arbor's Jones Elementary School historical marker unveiled www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20... “Opened in 1923, Jones was an elementary school in the predominantly Black neighborhood. It was closed in 1965, and its students were transferred to various, mostly white schools.” #blackmidwest
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#Art Experience the rich diversity of the Black Midwest at "Meet in the Middle" by concert:nova! Held at Cincinnati’s PAR-Projects, this program blends music and photography with creativity and courage. Discover unique Midwest narratives in sound and vision. #BlackMidwest #CulturalDiversity
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Local history enthusiasts in Winona, MN, took a step back in time at the Winona County History Center, where a professional genealogist delivered a captivating presentation on African American life in the state during the mid to late 1800s. www.news8000.com/news/local-n... #blackmidwest
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The Western Reserve Historical Society has a fascinating exhibition that highlights the work of Black Photographers in Cleveland, Ohio 1968 - Present, inc photographers who dipped into their archives to share important images that document history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a91... #blackmidwest
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“A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the #GreatMigration," a new traveling exhibit showcasing the major industry and social changes birthed by the Great Migration, is on display at the Chicago Cultural Center through April 27. thetriibe.com/2025/03/grea... #BlackMidwest
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Ypsilanti Historical Society shares lesser-known facts about local Black history, inc Steam engine lubricator inventor Elijah McCoy’s family lived in Ypsilanti as sharecroppers at the Starkweather Farmhouse. www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20... #blackmidwest
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Promises unkept over key part of African American history in Clinton, Iowa www.clintonherald.com/opinion/colu... Elizabeth Fairfax, a self-emancipated woman who served w/26th Iowa Infantry helped raise the $600 needed to build Bethel AME church by selling books. #BlackMidwest #TeachReconstruction
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Green Book in Michigan: Inside the new state-supported mission to preserve historic Black travel sites and uncover Black life, history, and culture in the Jim Crow North. www.bridgemi.com/business-wat... #BlackMidwest
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Enduring Families Project shares historical information about influential African Americans in La Crosse County, WI. www.weau.com/2025/03/12/e... #BlackMidwest
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The 'Worthington Project' started in 2020 to recognize an African American farming family and their burial ground in Defiance, OH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xn... #Blackhomesteaders #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMidwest
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Attempting to uncover the history of African American life and culture in Ripon, Wisconsin. www.riponpress.com/news/little-... #BlackMidwest #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #BlackHistoryMonth
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Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program partnered w/The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to map Black history sites across Indiana. It will include more than 60 Af/Am settlements from the early 1800s until the start of the Civil War. indianapolisrecorder.com/tnc-partners... #BlackMidwest
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Brooklyn, IL, "America’s oldest Black town is in metro-east. It’s dying, but there’s a fight to save it" www.bnd.com/news/local/a... #BlackMidwest
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