Harriet Ann Jacobs was born into slavery but refused to let the institution define her. Ferociously independent, Jacobs stood ...

Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...

At Fort Campbell, books are being taken off school library shelves containing references to slavery; the Civil Rights ...

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...