Beachgoers were stunned to find a giant squid that had washed ashore on a beach in South Africa's Western Cape province earlier this month. "It looked like a majestic prehistoric animal as I have ...

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Get a closer look at the history of Bruce’s Beach through an exhibit at the California African American Museum at Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Historian Alison Rose Jefferson, author of the book ...

KPCC's Brian Watt's been on vacation. On a beach somewhere. But not long ago, he discovered that the closest beach to his home harbors some history. Brian Watt: A few football fields south of the ...

Media headlines are full of bad news about LGBTQ+ people across the African continent these days. They are insulted by public officials, attacked and killed by police and vigilantes, and denied access ...

Inside the Expo Arts Center, in Long Beach’s Bixby Knolls neighborhood, is a growing home for Black history — and the future narrative of African American culture in the city and beyond. The African ...

SHARING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH IS THE MISSION OF THE MARY S HERALD BLACK HERITAGE MUSEUM. THERE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP TELLING THE STORY OF HOW THE CITY’S HISTORICALLY ...