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, ...

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

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

The Liberty University Art Museum is holding an art exhibit in honor of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and John Brown ...

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

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

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, ...

Sugar Hill Gang hit the airwaves, Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was crafting verses that could rival the best of them.