History is embedded in the thick stone walls of King’s Chapel, founded in 1686 as the first Anglican congregation in New England and later as the first Unitarian Christian church in the United States.

Archaeologists have discovered the homestead of Pompey, a formerly enslaved man from West Africa who was elected "king" by his community in the 1700s. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Cincinnati's 44th annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday on Monday coincides with a significant anniversary. This year marks the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans ...

The King family's overtures to the family that once enslaved their ancestors are highly unusual, according to Chris Haley, director of the Maryland State Archives' slavery project. Descendants of the ...

A British royal governor, not Abraham Lincoln, was the first person to offer enslaved Americans freedom—in return for battling revolutionaries. Enslaved Africans fled from the plantations of patriot ...

Dana King, “Monumental Reckoning" at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (all image courtesy San Francisco Recreation & Parks, all photos by Jim Watkins) SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Friday morning, Dana ...

The newly religious rapper is enamored of Nebuchadnezzar, a king who burned down the first Jewish temple in 586 BCE. Last month, West released a gospel-infused album titled “Jesus is King,” on which ...