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In RI Feb. 11, 2025 is now 1st Rhode Island Regiment/Black Regiment Day. Here's why
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black, Indigenous and white soldiers who served together.
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Black History Month: RI’s Greatest African American Musicians
From Opera to Doo-Wop to Jazz, Black artists have made significant contributions to Rhode Island’s musical heritage. As part of our celebration of Black History Month, we’re introducing you to a few ...
Highlighting overlooked history with Rhode Island Slave History Medallions
This morning on The Rhode Show we welcomed Charles Roberts, Founder and ExecutiveDirector of Rhode Island Slave History ...
Providence Place's Black History Month art was made with AI. Here's why some people object.
The "Dear Love, PVD" installation depicts civil rights leaders and RI’s Black culture. But local artists ask why they weren't ...
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This Day in RI History: February 11, 1907 – New England’s Titanic
On this day in 1907, the steamship Larchmont collided with the coal schooner Harry Knowlton in the worst maritime disaster in ...
The oldest public high school in Rhode Island is almost 200 years old. Here's where it is
According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools. While ...
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Rhode Island is searching for a new historian laureate
Rhode Island has a job opening right now that doesn’t come around too often. The state is accepting applications for the position of historian laureate. The historian laureate delivers lectures about ...
African American Museum of Rhode Island focuses on digital platform to reach youth
A local organization is engaging children with Rhode Island's Black History through a museum. Local youth are playing a major ...