Editor's note: This is the first-place winner in the high school division of the Black History Month Essay Contest sponsored annually by UPMC Washington Teen Outreach. Recognizing Black history all year means respecting Black contributions, struggles, and achievements that are not just part ...
Editor's note: This is the first-place winner in the middle school division of the Black History Month Essay Contest sponsored annually by UPMC Washington Teen Outreach. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” - Martin Luther King Jr. ...
When the Washington County Historical Society opened its Arcs of Freedom exhibit in 2025 in the city of Washington's LeMoyne House — a National Historic Landmark that served as a key stop on Underground Railroad — one of its aims was to tell the story of the Abolitionist Movement and ...
According to historians who have closely studied his hectic life and the tumultuous times in which he lived, Alexander Clark may be one of the most important figures in Black history that you’ve never heard of. So just who was he? He was born almost 200 years ago in Washington, on Feb. 25, ...
The NAACP Washington Branch, with the Washington County Historical Society and the LeMoyne Community Center, will host a Black History Month celebration event on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second annual Arcs of Freedom Symposium will feature presentation of topics ...
At the start of the 19th century, The Genius of Liberty carried dispatches on events an ocean away and concerns as close as a neighbor’s pastureland. The Uniontown newspaper carried reports on Napoleon’s military exploits in Europe and the latest proclamation from President James ...
