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

The Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery features shackles, chains and other painful relics of the transatlantic slave trade.

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

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

"Trace/s," the Brooklyn Public Library's newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy ...

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

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

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the Black genealogists helping to unearth it.

For the first time during Black History Month, thousands of documents connected to slavery in Bibb County are available to ...

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

At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, “In Slavery’s Wake” tells the international history of slavery and Black freedom Kaila Philo Charcoal portraits depict six of ...

"Trace/s: Family History Research and the Legacy of Slavery in Brooklyn" at the Center for Brooklyn History grapples with the ...