Black Brooklynites had a very sophisticated understanding of their own freedom, of contouring what freedom meant for themselves and their Black brothers and sisters. They were constantly making ...

National Freedom Day, celebrated every year on February 1st, marks a pivotal moment in American history: the signing of the resolution that led to the 13th Amendment, which abolish ...

As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, historians are looking deeper into the roots of the nation’s ...

Staunchly anti-communist, John F. Kennedy used his inaugural address to speak about spreading freedom throughout the world — a goal contradicted by the large number of black Americans still ...