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In 1850, a number of free Black abolitionists began settling in the territorial city of St. Paul and helped with the freedom ...
"As a group, collectively, so many people across the world are doing things in [Du Bois'] memory." Du Bois' great-grandson ...
Wikimedia Commons/The Illustrated London News Joseph Trammell’s Freedom Papers Joseph Trammell was born enslaved in Virginia ...
SACAARS celebrated the unveiling of more historical markers on its "Long Road to Freedom" project at Montgomery Hall Park ...
According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.
ACLU’s Emerson Sykes joins Kamau to break down this fundamental right. We cover everything from why free speech issues aren’t always First Amendment issues to why 1A rights don’t mean much if they don ...
Riverbend Park was scene of Seminoles, free Blacks' 1838 fight for freedom, survival Nearly 200 years after Second Seminole War, Riverbend Park battlefield near Jupiter raises a host of questions ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.
African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was difficult.
Stephen Colbert jokes that "MAGA Civil War" is also his "least favorite Marvel movie," and imagines the characters it would include ...
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.
A Juneteenth celebration on Detroit's east side shows the important role Camp Ward played during and after the Civil War.