The end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance across the ...

Lexington residents have come together to plan a more respectful grave site for the 32 unnamed former slaves buried at Lexington City Cemetery. At 6 p.m. on June 19, also known as Juneteenth, the Rev.

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement ...

On July 24, the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court ruled that descendants of enslaved people will be granted full tribal citizenship. The ruling came by unanimous decision. The suit was filed by plaintiffs ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement ...