Walking past the jewelry section of J.C. Penney on a Monday afternoon, Shelley Kelley joked to her then boyfriend, William “Danny” Kelley, that shopping for a wedding ring would be ...

The Wallace House in Harpersville was built using enslaved labor in 1841. Now a center for education, a local artist has used the grounds to tell a new story.

Alabama politics. Not only did the state host a race on our board of competitive House contests after a 14-year absence, it also sent two African Americans to Congress for the first time ever.

Cajun Seafood House in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, may look unassuming from the outside, but inside, it’s a paradise for seafood ...

Along Old Oxford Highway in Durham, North Carolina, two descendants of enslaved Americans walk sacred ground. Ricky Hart and ...

Ricky Hart and Beverly Evans survey the vast expanse of Historic Stagville Plantation, where their ancestors’ whispers echo ...

Two hundred years ago — Feb. 12, 1825, to be exact — Muscogee Creek Nation Chief William McIntosh signed a treaty with the ...