Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

Aug. 1 marks Emancipation Day in Canada. Here are 25 books by Canadian authors that examine themes of racial and social ...

During the struggle for American independence, artists on both sides of the Atlantic were moved to capture the moment in ...

Haitians and Black Americans have lived side by side in South Florida for decades. While the relationship between the two communities has not always been smooth, they have managed to coexist, ...

If you go into Washington Black completely blind, you’d expect the Hulu new miniseries to be a promising period drama filled ...

William L. Clay Sr., Missouri's first Black congressman and a prominent civil rights leader, used his political and organizing skills to fight for equal employment opportunities and social justice for ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary next year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War ...

The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at ...

It is always an honor to testify before Congress. I had that honor in late June when I spoke to the Committee on Oversight ...

D. Ellis form a powerful history — one of resilience, healing and an unyielding demand for equity. And thanks to ...

It might be the most predictable bellwether of the dark cultural moment we’re in. Amy Sherald, the celebrated American painter made famous by her 2018 portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, ...