The Nathan and Polly Johnson house was an underground railroad site and the first home to Frederick Douglass as a freed man ...

The Westhampton Public Library will hold Lounging for Literacy II on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., an event they describe ...

The Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, born of segregation, now shines as a historic and sacred symbol of respect to those ...

Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow. By Jamelle Bouie Sonia Sotomayor helped protect the country from Donald Trump, and she did it in an unexpected way. By David French ...

The NAACP’s Juneteenth events on Sunday honored the legacy of local Black Civil War soldiers and celebrated community and freedom.

On Thursday, the United States government is pausing its ongoing transformation into the sharp instrument of Donald Trump ’s ...

Roots Community Health, founded in Oakland, opened its San Jose branch in 2017. Chief Administrative Officer Alma Burrell said building trust with clients and hiring workers who understand the ...

Juneteenth celebrates a milestone in African American history. Do some, in and out of Washington, want to sweep that history under the rug?

The resilience, faith and purity of African American hymns come to life at the Historic Ward Rooming House with “Precious ...

America commemorates its Independence Day every July 4th, marking the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

The massive brick-lined tube, hand-dug in the 1890s under the bed of downtown Baltimore’s Howard Street, has been closed to ...