Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

“The ‘Free as One’ exhibit is proof of how and what really occurred,” says Justina Barrett from HSP’s Chief Learning and ...

Enslaved fugitives referred to the Ohio River as the River Jordan. It was a metaphor for freedom like the Israelites’ flight from slavery in Egypt through the parted waters of the Red Sea. Except the ...

Located in northwestern Tulsa, Okla., the neighborhood was alive with Black political and economic power during the early ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens celebrated Black History Month with an informative and inspiring guest speaking engagement on ...

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...

The city of Pittsburgh has six new EMTs who were honored during a graduation ceremony in the city council building on Friday morning. The men and women are a part of the second class to graduate from ...

The history of America reflects people pursuing the reality of “… that all men are created equal…” Throughout our history ...

Black Brooklynites had a very sophisticated understanding of their own freedom, of contouring what ... Prior to 1821, any man, regardless of race, as long as they had $100 worth of property ...

From local activists and trailblazers to lesser-known names on the national stage, we shed a light on the contributions of Black men and women who shook up the world.

On Jan. 31, University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Frank Black, frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, brought his ...