CAPE TOWN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, on ...

Avoyelles Parish unveiled a new statue commemorating Solomon Northup, a free man who was once kidnapped into slavery.

Through song-and-dance expression that never denies its genre, the story of the Shakers springs to life in The Testament Of ...

Community members celebrated self-determination on the second day of Kwanzaa, with events featuring African drumming, dance, ...

It's Christmas Eve, and I am making a Mexican pot roast. I hesitate to call it "birria" because that would suggest a height of authenticity I'm not seeking. I didn't use the dark, smoky dried peppers ...

Savannah may have earned its moniker "Slow-vannah" honestly, but it is never a dull city. Get out and enjoy the balmy weather by taking in a concert or a bit of history.

If you think line dancing went out of style after its big moment in movies and TV in the 1980s and ’90s, think again. From ...

Pauline Baker, Daisy Whitner, John Williams and Priscilla Williams Carolina are all descendants of potter David Drake. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In the 1850s, David Drake spent his days making large ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Nestled between four red brick buildings at the center of Davidson College, two bronze, work-weathered hands cradle the earth. It’s a ...

A haunting photo of a formerly enslaved man whose back is heavily scarred by whippings has become a new flashpoint in President Donald Trump's efforts to alter how history is presented in the United ...

Peter J. Brown receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of ...

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 enslaved ...