Nantes, a city that prospered from maritime trade but for more than a century it was also France’s largest slave-trading port ...

Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that ...

The first performance of the concert was “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round” which was one of the many freedom songs ...

Translation, in this sense, is an act of cultural preservation and empowerment, allowing important narratives from Black ...

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - February 22, 2025 His pictures of child slaves called “Talibés” in Senegal were chosen as ...

A legal battle between Louisiana and New York will likely make its way to the Supreme Court and could force President Trump to act federally on abortion.

At the ACLU, we know that students’ First Amendment rights don’t disappear at the schoolhouse gates. However, the Trump ...

The Mellon Foundation sees equity as central to the depiction of America. In 2020, the Foundation decided to center its grantmaking initiatives on social justice, with the goal of influencing cultural ...

Slaves built the chapel that still stands on East Market Street in 1827. It opened in 1829 for a white congregation.

I recently recorded a podcast on Black History month for the Coalition Against Global Genocide (CoAGG.org), a group I belong to. In this podcast our guest, Dr. Lee Butler, president ...

Wilson County Black History Committee is converting the historical church that dates back to 1827 into a museum, events venue and community landmark..

In honoring African-American cultural heritage, let’s engage the cross-racial perspective of William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) ...