Robert Stephenson built on his father’s achievements with a prolific expansion of the railway network in the U.K. His more notable projects include “The Rocket,” London and Birmingham ...

Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed replacing the bronze ...

NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory ...

Works to restore the UK's oldest anti-slavery memorial have been completed. The memorial arch in Stroud, Gloucestershire, was built in 1834 to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the British ...

In 2020, Blackburn with Darwen Council announced a review of its street names and statues, including Victorian Prime Minister William Gladstone, in the wake of calls to remove monuments celebrating ...

The two men developed such a close bond that the former slave took the Lafayette surname when he became free. Many historians have associated the surname Armistead with James Lafayette ...

The exhibit features a statue of Solomon Northup, a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. The statue will be permanently installed at the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse in ...

Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...

What started as a noble quest for equality has become incredibly ugly and is now inflicting real harm on vital institutions.