Dr. Wells built the two-story hotel in the 1920s, which is now filled with dozens of African-American historical artifacts.

The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday.

Zora Fest 2024 is back and the city is gearing up for a busy weekend as both tourists and residents are taking the time to celebrate and learn more about a prominent local African-American historical figure.

As members of a historic African-American Fraternity gather to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they are also getting results for their community and empowering young people through scholastic recognition.

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African heritage and African-American culture that begins Dec. 26.

Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

Louis Vuitton has pulled out the stops to present the final collection of Virgil Abloh, the house’s first African-American designer who died in November after a two-year battle with cancer.

FILE - In this March 29, 2016, file photo, signs call attention to the house where slain African-American leader Malcolm X spent part of his childhood in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. According to the National Park Service the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 2021. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)BOSTON – Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The former Malcolm Little was a teenager in the 1940s when he came to live with his sister, Ella Little Collins. Little Collins, a civil rights organizer in her own right, became her brother’s legal guardian after his father died and his mother was institutionalized.

Fritz Pollard blazed a lot of trails for black football players.

The Orange County Library System will host a virtual Read-In on Feb. 28 celebrating the works of African-American artists, authors, musicians and poets. Established in 1989, the National African Read-In is the first U.S. event dedicated to diversity in literature, according to the library system. Cold front blasts into Central Fla. | How to register for vaccine in Fla.]AdOn Sunday, Feb. 28 the Orange County Library System virtual event will feature a keynote address by bestselling author Beverly Jenkins. News 6 anchor Ginger Gadsden, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and Nerd Nite Host Ricardo Williams will participate. AdThe virtual event is open to all and will happen at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 on Facebook Live and YouTube Live.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As we celebrate Black History Month, News 6 is reflecting on some of Central Florida’s deep roots, including what’s recognized as Orlando’s first Black community. Though they share the same name, Jones High School apparently has no relation to Jonestown, other than the fact that they both are historically Black. Credit: Jones High School Historical Society (WKMG)The school is named after principal L.C. AdUltimately, Orlando’s Housing Authority decided to demolish the buildings in Jonestown and relocate Black residents to a public housing development in Parramore called Griffin Park. Today, Parramore is known for its predominantly Black roots, most of which derived from those who lived in a community once known as Jonestown.

In an open-ended question, those priorities far outpace others, like foreign affairs, immigration, climate change or racial inequality. In a reflection of the series of national traumas from last year, another issue moved sharply up Americans' priority list for 2021 — racial inequality. Even so, the impact of the virus dominates Adams' top issue: the economy. It remains a higher priority for Republicans, with 24% mentioning immigration, though that is down from 51% one year ago. Even as it falls lower on Americans’ priority list, Biden is expected to send a massive immigration overhaul bill to Congress on the first day of his presidency.

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ROME – The Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections. The Vatican is arranging for them, and any of the cardinals who might not make it, to participate in the ceremony remotely from their homes. He too lives at Santa Marta, where there has been at least one positive case reported in recent months. Among the new voting age cardinals is the first African-American, Cardinal-designate Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, D.C. He too is concluding his quarantine in the Santa Marta hotel, where he said his meals are left on a tray outside his door.

Last school year, Peck-Bartle added the history of Tarpon Springs’ Rose Cemetery to her curriculum. Buried in the Black cemetery are pioneers of the sponge docks and a Confederate soldier. But why not include all local Black cemeteries, she asked, from the endangered and forgotten to the lost, erased and recently found? “Let the people know our history because so much of our Black history has been depressed, ignored and forgotten. He believes keeping it community-owned is why it lasted while other Black cemeteries were abandoned, lost, destroyed or erased.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It was an emotional day for the 17th Daytona Beach Police Chief, Jakari Young is the city’s first black police chief. Young, 42, was sworn in as the new police chief on Friday morning. Young replaced former police chief Craig Capri who’s leaving after a 30-year career in law enforcement. For the last 19 years, Young climbed the ranks at the Daytona Beach Police Department and served the last three years as Deputy Chief. “You have a police chief who wants to do nothing more than to be a blessing to this city,” said Young.

Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and HumanitiesEATONVILLE, Fla. – The 31st Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, also known as ZORA! Fest, is a way for people in Central Florida to recognize and honor African-American culture. According to Visit Orlando, the festival is a multi-day, inter-generational event composed of public talks, conferences, movie screenings, arts education programming, a dance party and an outdoor festival of the arts. The festival is named after celebrated author Zora Neale Hurston, who grew up in Eatonville. “In her works, she celebrates her hometown, Eatonville, as representative of the dignity and beauty of rural Southern, African-American life and culture.

Nora Neale HurstonEatonville, FLConsidered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature, Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara.