A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.

Former diplomat-turned-creator Anela Malik reflects on how Black foodways formed the backbone of the American food system.

Given all of this, it is not entirely surprising that sexual assault of enslaved Black men has failed to garner sustained ...

Agrippa Hull, who served more than six years in the Continental Army, emerged from the Revolution respected in his Berkshire community yet constrained by persistent racism and the nation’s compromises ...

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

What we have learned this past century is that Black history is American history. But despite the blood, sweat and tears Black Americans have shed here, it seems the current administration is focused ...

An unsung hero, Ruggles helped shape the abolition movement, aided hundreds of enslaved people seeking freedom, and opened ...

Prior to her escape, Judge served as a chambermaid in the President’s House. She spent years tending to Martha Washington’s ...

A relatively unknown, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a Baltimore native born in the early 1800s who fought for voting rights, women's rights and an end to slavery.