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 ...

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of 48 limited edition copies produced to be sold for $10 each to benefit the Sanitary Commission, which provided medical care and support for Union soldiers.

In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer ...

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 ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 22. Check what happened today in history here.

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