Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

Anthony Mackie reflects on his family’s past when playing Captain America:“My father was told he had to drop out of school in eight grade to pick cotton with my grandfather, and I’m Captain America.

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

Minnesota was one of the first states to provide volunteers for Republican President Lincoln’s war to free the slaves back in the 1860s, even though many in this state were struggling to ...

Thursday and Friday mark three days of memories, love, respect and sharing. Our 16th president was born on Feb. 12, Giving ...

Photographs of Black slaves picking cotton still chill me to my bones. It's an image that captures the labor, cruelty, and dehumanization endured in order to drive the wealth of a nation.

Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...

Minnesota lawmakers are digging in to what experts are calling a teen mental health crisis. The Senate Education Policy ...

Should you shop at ALDI or LIdl? Both stores offer responsible and sustainable shopping, but there are some differences.

Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the world’s largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It’s one of the most visited museums in the United States, ...

The cotton slaves are still there, only their geographical location ... the second is construction, and third is cotton picking. India is the second-largest market for cotton production, behind China.