Pittsburgh's deep history with the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movement is still being uncovered. Why it matters: The city's role in abolishing slavery hasn't been widely taught, Museum of ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...

There’s a reason for everything. That doesn’t mean an excuse or a guess made of ignorance, but an explanation for what was, a kind of thought process that says if this happens, then that. A reason is ...

(NEXSTAR) – Plenty of America’s most persistent culinary traditions can be traced back to the Black chefs and kitchen staffs — many of whom were enslaved — who cooked for more privileged white diners ...

Along the picturesque streets of Georgetown is a trail of plaques marking some of the hidden history of the neighborhood's past. Now known for their trendy shop ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the ...

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

W hat does it mean to study slavery? To study something means to make arguments based on evidence. But what counts as evidence, and who has the authority to make those determinations? In part because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration’s censorship campaign has extended to the National Park Service. The White House has ordered the removal ...

When castigating the New York Times' "1619 Project" for practicing "historical revisionism," Katherine Kersten contends that "America is not exceptional because it once allowed slavery but because its ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is removing a rare slave ship timber from its "Slavery and Freedom" exhibit and sending it back to South Africa.

Guest: Dr. Rebecca Hall is a scholar, activist, and author of the acclaimed graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative ...