An inaugural gospel sing-off will headline this year’s Emancipation Vigil ceremony in Montego Bay, St James, as part of ...

The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

A legal fight over access to burial grounds has pitted the Gullah Geechee against wealthy landowners around Hilton Head ...

The United States government is building massive detention centers in Florida. North Dakota’s three-member congressional ...

The Owen Sound Emancipation Picnic and Festival, is set to go August 1st-3rd. The city was the most northerly terminus of the ...

In 1850, a number of free Black abolitionists began settling in the territorial city of St. Paul and helped with the freedom ...

To commemorate 250 years of service, USPS unveiled two specialty stamps. One features an aerial view of a mail carrier ...

Emmett Till’s death shocked millions of people across America and was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, but many ...

The site is the final resting place of veterans from the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, a Buffalo Soldier, ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — On a hot July day in West Augustine, in the San Sebastian Cemetery, giant oaks welcomed a family to the ...

This daily series is designed to inform, inspire, and elevate civic pride by spotlighting historical events, cultural ...

The Kennett library graciously offered to host the event after the original cancellation, and it ended up becoming a submersion in the African American culture due to the packed agenda and ...