The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Trump spent that month abolishing decades of diversity efforts throughout the federal government and beyond, removing many ...

East Milton Elementary third-graders portrayed historic and contemporary African Americans in Living Wax Museum.

Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to make life better for African Americans. We are ...

When local lecturer and historian Muqueedah Salaam first attended college as a young adult at Worcester State University, she ...

A policy under the Trump administration compelled the Maryland National Guard to decline an invitation to partake in a February 22 event in honor of renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Per WBOC, ...

In what feels like the dwindling hours of this democracy, I’m painfully aware of the erosion of civil rights gains.

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After the Department of Defense declared “identity months” like Black History Month “dead,” National Guard units reportedly declined to participate in the parade.

During Black History Month, Rochester residents have a significant reason to celebrate. The city is recognized as one of the five key U.S. cities central to the abolition movement, alongside Boston, ...