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The Lewis and Clark Expedition opened the door westward. Frontiersmen, pioneers, and enslaved ones saw new opportunities on that western horizon. Lewis and Clark and their...

by William Altman Why would I be qualified to write this blog?  I grew up in the very pleasant midwestern town of Brecksville, Ohio.  My neighbors could have been the Norman...

What was it about the early decades of Dunbar High School in D.C. that turned out the “first black who” pioneered in several fields who came from this school? Let’s look at...

The question that YAAHA gets repeatedly is, why wasn't I taught this history in school? Why is so little black history in textbooks? Is it gaslighting? A lack of space in...

Nancy Randolph has been an educator at Victory Christian Academy (VCA) in the heart of the inner city of Orlando, Florida, for more than 15 years. She is a civic leader who...

YAAHA is excited to bring the characters, Harriet and Roxanne, to our audiences, as Talking History with Harriet & Roxanne.™  We have discovered that the versatile comic...

Dr. Gary Thompson is a clinical psychologist who abhors the national spotlight. His wife, Dr. Frances Thompson, and he have six bi-racial daughters; his extended family...

YAAHA believes black history should be taught with facts without changing the narrative or definitions and should be presented truthfully, warts and all. The 1619 Project...

Dr. Carol Swain believes that where you start in life is not where you need to end up. This remarkable woman was born poor in Virginia in 1954. She was an eighth-grade...