So this Fourth of July, while you're enjoying the parade or grilling up something tasty, take a moment to reflect on your own journey toward freedom. It took vision, grit and sacrifice for our ...

“The moment of freedom opens an entirely new life for him. As a young boy, all he wanted was the education that he saw the children of his white enslavers getting. This moment of emancipation ...

That moment of freedom will be commemorated at the Booker T. Washington National Monument with special events from June 19-22.

“The moment of freedom opens an entirely new life for him. As a young boy, all he wanted was the education that he saw the children of his white enslavers getting. This moment of emancipation ...