Human rights and equity advocate D’mitra Smith will discuss “Slavery and Exploitative Labor in Sonoma County,” as part of the ...

Johnathan Walker became famous as a maritime abolitionist when the government of Florida branded his hand with “S.S.” for ...

Today, our Nation celebrates the 217th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln—one of the most legendary leaders in American ...

During his short life, Lecomte was famed for his speed–he set records for both one-mile and four-mile heats, and for his class–he handed the mighty Lexington the only defeat of his stellar career. Yet ...

From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans ...

The White House commemorates the 217th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, honoring his leadership and pivotal role during ...

I don’t like erasures,” the novelist Toni Morrison told a Princeton audience in 2017. She had been asked what she thought about Confederate statues, then being torn down throughout the South. Leave ...

If you have never heard of Syracuse abolitionist Samuel Ringgold Ward, you should. The great Frederick Douglass was in awe of him. Once while standing beside Ward at a Free Soil Party meeting in ...

This is the most significant find in historic preservation in my career, and it’s very important that we preserve this.” ...

Harbor-Topky Memorial Library Adult Services Supervisor Andy Pochatko will deliver a lecture on John Brown and his ties to County at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Andover Public Library.

Many New Yorkers forget that we were part of the abolitionist movement, but this is physical evidence of what happened in the South [during] the Civil War.” ...

Now, it’s the county’s first safe house to be verified as part of the initiative, and only the second site in Kane County on ...