Ghana will submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in March to designate the African slave trade as "the ...

An Alabama federal court granted a shoe store chain’s Black former manager to add three other Black ex-managers to her race discrimination suit. They allege hostile working environments and ...

To this day, America continues to grapple with the legacy of slavery. On this week’s episode, we explore the creation of slave patrols, which were created to control the movement of enslaved Black ...

A forceful 19th-century essay on the rise of the slaveholding oligarchy asked: “Where will it end?” ...

U.S. Marshal Asa O. Butman arrived on a Saturday night in 1854 and left, according to abolitionist newspaper the Worcester ...

A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.

A new memorial in downtown Fredericksburg at the site of the city’s historic slave auction block will provide historical ...

A retired educator compares unchecked ICE power to bounty hunters under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, warns of threats to civil liberties for all.

HENDERSON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Following through on a promise to build his grandchildren a space to play, Kenneth Spellman discovered his newly purchased property held priceless stories of North Carolina's ...

NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of tourists stream into the French Quarter each year through beautiful Esplanade Avenue, an oak tree-studded stretch known for its Creole cottages. The tremendous trees are a ...

Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts ...