This year’s 10th Annual Alaska Black Business Expo was the largest gathering of Black-owned businesses and supporters in Alaska. Thousands attended, and it has been one of the most successful ...

It inspired Wesley to seek out a University of Alaska Anchorage history professor named Ian Hartman, who had written a chapter on Black contributions in a book on Anchorage’s history.

In the December 21 interview, Hartman shared that Black people may have been in Alaska for about 150 years, if not longer. The quiz for this page is not ready yet. Please check back later.