A 92-year-old Ashland woman is working to preserve the Hickory Hill Slave and African American Cemetery, which is rooted in ...

The history of resistance in St. Kitts did not erupt suddenly in the 20th century. It was not born at Buckley’s in 1935, nor did it begin with organized trade unions or political mobilization. Long ...

In honor of February as Black History Month, the Henrico Citizen will spotlight (on each weekday during the month) an ...

Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding ...

Program at Naper Settlement explores how messages conveyed through quilts guided runaway slaves through the Underground ...

Africans — enslaved and free — helped shape New York City in the 18th century. That fact was brought home to New Yorkers in 1991, when the literal bones of the city’s pioneer Black citizens resurfaced ...

A letter from a former slave who lived on a Wilson County plantation in the mid-1800s offers a new look into how she adjusted ...

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

Blake Lively made rare remarks about hers and husband Ryan Reynolds's controversial 2012 wedding during her It Ends With Us deposition, it has just been revealed. Lively, 38, and Reynolds, 49, married ...

The truth behind the myths America still protects.