In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

Slavery is one of the most tragic realities of human history. It has led to conflicts, trauma, generational inequality, and ...

Mobile's mayor and county commissioners highlighted a host of projects either under development or soon to start during the State of the City and County Address.

Contractors working on the $3.5 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project plan to build a concrete batch plant on Conception Street Road in Africatown. But not if the residents of the historic ...

Residents of a historic Black community in Mobile, Alabama are protesting the construction of a concrete plant in a neighborhood known as Africatown, reports Margaret Kates for AL.com. The plant would ...

Firsthand accounts from the Atlantic slave trade describe sharks circling vessels, drawn by death and waste thrown overboard. This article explores what witnesses recorded and how fear was ...

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is in New York to face drug trafficking charges following his capture during an overnight military attack by the United States, and amid his travel to America, he ...