The push to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, which successfully led to the first national Juneteenth observance in 2021, brought a new wave of attention to the history behind this celebration. A ...

ST. LOUIS — Descendants of the Black people enslaved by St. Louis University have for the first time calculated how much labor and wealth was stolen from their ancestors, their latest effort in a ...

Americans on Monday will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day the last enslaved people in the country learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of the ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people. Hours before the ceremony, a group of descendants of Black people the school enslaved backed out, citing concerns that the ...

Four years ago, The New York Times published The 1619 Project, a collection of stories and essays about the lasting impact of slavery in the United States. Among the many ideas advanced in the project ...

'10 Million Names' project uses ancestry research to shed light on U.S. history. Genealogists and researchers are tracking down archival documents from across the country to piece together the family ...

Carole Emberton is an associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo. Her book, To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Jordan, is available now from W.W. Norton.

Pareja became an overnight celebrity. Soon after, he was freed from slavery and became an accomplished artist in his own right in Madrid. But he remains an elusive figure within art history, with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Decades of research and archeology led to a recent, historic discovery on Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage property. Without disturbing the graves, archaeologists confirmed the ...

The installation ceremony for a Witness Stone honoring Cambridge Gould was held in Branford Friday morning. The ceremony started inside of the First Congregation Church of Branford where Branford High ...