Nolan Williams Jr.'s "Just Like Selma" Ignites a Movement for Black History Month's 100th Anniversary

Nolan Williams Jr.'s "Just Like Selma" Ignites a Movement for Black History Month's 100th Anniversary

Source: Reach Media / Radio One In a stirring interview on The Nightly Spirit, host Darlene McCoy spoke with composer Nolan Williams Jr. about his powerful new social justice hymn, “Just Like Selma.” The song arrives as a timely anthem, coinciding with the 100-year celebration of Black History Month and serving as a poignant reminder of the ongoing fight for civil rights and social justice. Williams explained that the inspiration for “Just Like …

A Century of Black History Veneration, how a Week Became a Movement, and Why 2026 Matters

ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS, Va. (VR) – In February 1926, a scholar born to formerly enslaved parents transformed how America remembers its past. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering historian from Virginia who earned a Harvard Ph.D. in 1912, launched what was then called Negro History Week to correct a glaring omission, the near-total absence and frequent […] The post A Century of Black History Veneration, how a Week Became a Movement, and Why 2026 Matt…