Our ancestors are watching us, and they’re cheering us on,” Joan Walls said addressing dinner guests Saturday at the 59th ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ...

Ask Not’ Inaugural Address, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We observe toda ...

A celebration of Frederick Douglass comes as many worry Trump will turn back the clock on diversity and inclusion ...

Guest: David W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University.  He is the author of several books on Slavery and Abolition including, Frederick Douglass: ...

If the monarchical trappings and powers of the modern presidency are unavoidable, we at least should not encourage them. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has its own holiday. The presidency ...

Abraham Lincoln held a forum to consider a potential solution to the country's conflict: What if all free Black people left ...

Let’s draw on the defiant wisdom of Frederick Douglass as Trump carries out a blitzkrieg against democracy in the US.

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

NEWPORT – The annual Rogers High School Black History A s sembly, a decades-long tradition celebrating the legacy and ...

A self-guided walking tour in Wooster is shedding light on the city’s African American history, showing how the past is woven ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...