Join us for our upcoming gallery opening on Feb. 19 from 6-8 p.m. This exhibition highlights South Carolina’s first female ...

Black History Month is about moral memory. It is about remembering not only what happened, but how change happened and who ...

When, in 1849, a man named Henry Brown escaped slavery in a box, America wondered: Could abolition be delivered by mail?

Charles Clark III is on an intrepid “Collection Initiative” quest for artifacts that bring to light the forgotten and hidden presence of Blacks in the Adirondacks. Clark is the ...

Alexis Williams and Juanyea Vinson Sr. sit in their son’s room in Portage Park. Their son, who is the only Black student in ...

In 1926, African American historian Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D., issued a call for a weeklong celebration of African ...

Both the left and the right try to co-opt it, but the real story of American slavery doesn’t serve any one faction.

Images from the home's basement show portions of 19th-century tunnels. Historians say the house is the only survivor of a row ...

The Duke was the company’s governor, largest shareholder, and guiding spirit. Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall. James continued in his role as the governor of the Royal African ...

With the dismantling of slavery exhibits at the President’s House Site last month, organizers say highlighting Philly’s African American history and future is more urgent.

For nearly four decades, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum and African Art Gallery has shared stories of perseverance, innovation and achievement in the Black community.

Then, as now, out-of-state agents snatched people off the street. Then, as now, Illinoisans banded together to try to stop them.