John Brown was a radical white abolitionist who led a predawn raid of 21 fighters on Oct. 17, 1859, on Harpers Ferry, Va., that included capturing prominent citizens and seizing a federal armory ...

The Memorial Field for Black Lives at the John Brown Farm, a state historic site, in North Elba, N.Y. The display highlights 50 black, unarmed men and women who were killed by police and others ...

During his memorial service, John Brown stood and made a vow to end slavery. 1842 September 28, 1842: A federal court decides John Brown's bankruptcy case.

A statue of John Brown, commissioned by the John Brown Memorial Association in 1935, can be found in the entrance circle to the site . At this time, due to COVID-19, ...

May 4—LAKE PLACID — John Brown Day 2023, set for Saturday, May 13, will be dedicated to the late award-winning novelist Russell Banks, who died in January. His 1998 novel, "Cloudsplitter ...

But that situation that could change as conferences and memorial events this year observe the 150th anniversary of John Brown’s raid in Harper’s Ferry, Va., in October 1859. In the late ...

Leonard Brown, 72, of Framingham, formerly was a Northeastern University professor and was a founder of the annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert.

The St. Helena Kiwanis Club has initiated a community-wide campaign to fund a memorial scholarship honoring former Mayor John Brown, who passed away in November after an extended illness.

John Brown was captured, tried, found guilty of treason and executed by hanging in Charles Town, Va., (now West Virginia) on Dec. 2, ... The Faithful Slave Memorial. ...

The John Brown Memorial statue near the Quindaro Townsite ruins of Kansas City, Kansas was found Sunday to be defaced with racial slurs and a swastika.

Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War. Today, 165 years after his execution, Brown's violent acts and influence are ...