We in English-speaking America sometimes think of them as the first slaves in Jamestown in 1619. But there had been many Africans in North America before that, traveling with the Spanish explorers ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

there is no evidence of a single colonist expressing support for independence in order to protect slavery. The 1619 Project’s claims were based not on historical sources but on imputation and ...

One of the nation’s most prominent reporters on racial injustice arrives in Portland Tuesday for a talk about the inextricable roots of inequality in American history. New York Times Magazine staff ...

It proliferated for millennia before slaves are first known to have been sold in Virginia, in 1619. It persisted long after it was abolished in the United States in 1865. It was practiced by ...

A push to allow African American studies as a history credit for Virginia high schoolers cleared a major hurdle Monday, with ...

Historians agree that  the earliest record of the West African chattel, commonly called slaves, arrived in America in 1619.

Reparations. For what? For whom? What does this word mean? At its basic level, Reparations means to make someone whole for ...

“To commemorate the anniversary of the 1619 landing, we are highlighting ... The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the U.S., but the pursuit of equality and civil rights for all endures, Smith ...