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.

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 ...

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People rally to celebrate the reinstallation of a slavery exhibit at the historic President’s House Site, February 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. Credit: Joe Lamberti/AP Photo Philadelphia’s President’s ...

In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America at the Library of Congress when she encountered something strange: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Off of the cobblestones of Chalmers Street, the Old Slave Mart Museum welcomes tens of thousands of visitors each year to learn about the site's former involvement in the ...

"It is a little bit of a hidden history of Indianapolis," Susan Hyatt said. "Invisible history." Hyatt, who's worked to bring that history to light, says the streets here carry stories that were ...

During the Cold War, the United States launched one of the largest covert operations in CIA history—Operation Cyclone. The mission was to arm and support Afghan fighters resisting the Soviet invasion ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has long been at the forefront of revealing the hidden history of racial injustice in America, and its A History of Racial Injustice project is central to this ...

“The ‘why’ is very meaningful to me, because we go through the day and do certain things, and we don’t know why we’re doing it,” Sonja Norwood tells TODAY.com. “I knew I was gonna do a series on ...