Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that ...

In honoring African-American cultural heritage, let’s engage the cross-racial perspective of William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Witnesses described a chaotic scene in which three people were shot and killed outside of a Kentucky ...

University of Houston students participated in a town hall with state Rep. Jolanda Jones about the state of campus crime ...

Created in collaboration with legendary leather artisans Whitaker Malem and tattoo artist Jonah Slater, the unforgettable ...

For several centuries, the United States was a slaveholding nation, until a civil war officially brought an end to the practice. Here’s a look back at this dark chapter in the country’s history.

The shellfish was considered food for the poor before Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, an emancipated Black man, started serving ...

Every gay man is tethered to a diva for life, finding solace, shaping identities, and empowering us in their music, writes ...

Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to ...

The Waters family story in Greenbelt and Washington is far from complete. We know nothing of their inner lives, their hopes, ...

Over generations, Mahakavi Subramania Bharati has inspired people. But who inspired him? The film Shaktidasan explores this ...

The film explores the life of Abraham Lincoln, highlighting his humble beginnings as a poor farm boy in Kentucky, his limited ...