In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since ...

A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...

Take Tennessee, where the Eighth of August, known as Emancipation Day, has been the traditional celebration to mark the end of slavery, remind the nation of its bloodguilt and agitate for a more ...

Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Buys Lincoln's Handwritten Copy of 13th Amendment for $13.7 M. Billionaire Kenneth C.

Seaford Town, founded by German settlers in 1835, remains one of Jamaica's most unique and enduring cross cultural ...

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...

Seven years after the Florida Legislature approved a memorial recognizing the tragedy of slavery for the grounds of the ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865,” tells stories from a variety of perspectives — personal, community and family.

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to ...

Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the measures.