Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not ...
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Historical museum receives a facelift after nearly 50 years
Riley County Historical Museum director Katharine Hensler, second from left, talks with Melanie Highsmith, museum curator of ...
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Some of Queens’ oldest roadways have many historical twists & turns: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was
The early roads in Queens and on Long Island were dirt paths that led from one community to another — or, because water ...
Suffolk County Crime Analysis Center gets major expansion thanks to state funding
With $31 million in funding statewide from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the newly expanded Suffolk Crime Analysis Center is one of 11 ...