Area residents can celebrate Black history and learn about the civil rights movement at the Underground Railroad Museum’s ...

The ferry operator pulled his large flatboat to the edge of the Virginia shore of the Ohio River. He watched and listened ...

Historian Larry McClellan will present “The Underground Railroad in the Chicago Southland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added responsibility of regulating certain carbon capture projects.

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.

The museum in the basement of First Congregational Church of Detroit gives visitors a look at how slaves escaped North to ...

Preservation Iowa has added two properties to its list of most-endangered historic buildings. Where are they and can they be ...

Wrightsville’s Mifflin Farm, a documented stop along the Underground Railroad and a Civil War battle location, will soon be ...

The Department of Conservancy and Natural Resources is sharing a piece of history with the public for the first time this ...

Genealogist Neicy DeShields-Moulton, who traces her roots in the United States back 200 years, spoke about members of her ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Many gathered Thursday night to watch students host their third annual Black History Month celebration with performances based on historic moments in Black history.

Harriet Tubman, was an abolitionist and slave who worked relentlessly to free enslaved African Americans. Tubman was born ...