One common condition required the enslaved person to live with their master until the master's death—meaning they only truly ...

The cotton boom created a demand for labor to work on cotton farms, which cotton growers met by purchasing slaves. According to census records, the number of slaves in America went from 894,452 in ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...

Learn about Black citizens who made a difference in 1800s ... maps, true stories and more. This event is geared toward ...

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

What comes to mind when you think of the city of Savannah? Is it the beautifully laid out squares that dot the city? Or ...

This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

This Black History Month, visitors at Culture Lab LIC can learn about the people behind the names borne by many Queens ...

Many places are sacred to the Paiute tribe, like the mysterious Mojave landmark, Devil’s Hole, which descends deep into ...