The simple narrative today of the southern secession in 1860 and 1861 is that the southern states believed that the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.

The Douglas County Historical Society lost a $50,000 grant due to Trump's executive orders. The Lawrence community chipped in ...

A powerful report reveals the systemic abuse and neglect faced by women farmworkers in South Africa, urging immediate action from Parliament ...

An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a White man who seized a Black family and forced ...

From a tribute for U.S. Colored Troops to a community line dance and step show, several events are planned to commemorate ...