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 ...

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 ...

Today is Alabama’s first ever annual observance of Juneteenth. That’s the date back in 1865 when enslaved blacks in Texas learned that the Civil War was over and slavery had ended. Baseball fans in ...

Tamara Lanier speaks during a press conference on March 20, 2019 in New York City. (photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images) Ending a six-year battle that stirred ethical and legal debates about the ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people. Hours before the ceremony, a group of descendants of Black people the school enslaved backed out, citing concerns that the ...

A bipartisan effort is underway to establish a permanent memorial honoring the work of the 15 men the state rented and forced to quarry limestone for the building. One proposal would designate the Dr.

One by one, descendants of people who were enslaved on the Brattonsville plantation grabbed a wreath and placed it at the foot of the only headstone in the cemetery. At least 481 bodies were buried, ...

The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative identified at least 913 individuals enslaved by Harvard faculty, staff, and leadership and at least 403 of their living descendants, according to an ...

Ana Lucia Araujo receives funding from American Council of Learned Societies. During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays. Slave owners ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Decades of research and archeology led to a recent, historic discovery on Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage property. Without disturbing the graves, archaeologists confirmed the ...