Lee Hawkins on honoring the past of slavery by rethinking the present. Former Wall Street Journal reporter Lee Hawkins' memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free ...

In the everlasting faceoff between Black history and America’s self-conception, it’s worth revisiting one of the fight’s earliest and most valiant weapons of war: the slave memoir.

I desire some information about my mother. The last time I saw her was in Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1852 or 1853.

If the names Henry Hastings Sibley, Henry Rice and Alexander Ramsey ring a bell, it’s because they were important men in Minnesota’s history. Their contributions are many. Sibley was ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

At the National Museum of African American History and Culture ... the collaboration with the museum’s international partners ...

This course examines the history of slavery in the United States. It explores topics such as the role of slavery in the economy, the culture of enslaved Americans, resistance to slavery, and the ...

"Trace/s," the Brooklyn Public Library's newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy ...

Brewster author, Michael Pregot's latest book "Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod" is making the rounds and sparking ...