One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

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

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

The well-loved architectural feature is a staple of the American South, but its roots can be traced to Africa.

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

History is more than what we learn in textbooks—it’s a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape the present. There ...

On February 2, 1862, Congress took a significant step toward ending slavery in the United States by abolishing ... As we honor Black History Month, let us remember the courageous efforts that ...

Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In ...

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.