Escaped enslaved Africans formed hidden maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp, creating freedom in one of America’s ...

At 88, Bibb Latané is selling four Chapel Hill historic properties to fund the Center for Understanding Racism and Slavery.

Pamphlets, booklets and activities educating children on history and science in national parks have come under review as the ...

Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in ...

If you consider yourself a history enthusiast, you're about to discover your new favorite place in. The Museum of the ...

Judah P. Benjamin, a native Virgin Islander, was a Confederate during the U.S. Civil War, becoming its first States Attorney ...

Carwardine will be recognized during an award ceremony to be held in New York on April 16, 2026. The award includes a $50,000 prize and a bronze replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s life-sized bust ...

Harvard University has handed over rare 1850 photos of enslaved people to a museum in Charleston. Descendants of the enslaved ...

In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America when she encountered a stumbling block at the Library of Congress: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

North Carolina does not mind electing Democrats as governor, but it is a different matter when it comes to sending them to the U.S. Senate. Roy Cooper, who led the state for two terms, is trying to ...

No. 1 Duke closed the regular season in dominant fashion Saturday night, defeating rival North Carolina 76-61 at Cameron Indoor Stadium while celebrating senior night. Brown led the emotional night on ...

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