From Opera to Doo-Wop to Jazz, Black artists have made significant contributions to Rhode Island’s musical heritage. As part of our celebration of Black History Month, we’re introducing you to a few ...

She was only 19 years old when she was sentenced to death for killing her slave master, Robert Newsom, six miles south of Fulton.

February is Black History Month, and 7News is speaking to experts about some noteworthy and historic African Americans figures that impacted the D.C.-area.Mary ...

House District 10 Representative Junie Joseph on the state of the nation, inclusivity and how America can restore its falling star.

Blackbeard may be the world’s most famous pirate, but throughout history there have been many legendary buccaneers who also ...

Those seeking to undo Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship are looking at past legal cases ...

In 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...

Linsey Davis interviews Lee Hawkins, a journalist, about his searing new memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My ...

History is more than what we learn in textbooks—it’s a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape the present. There ...

At 1 p.m. Saturday, the bell at the Sterling Methodist Church pealed 13 times, joining ceremonies in communities across America to mark Freedom Day.

Born in Macon, Georgia in 1834, Patrick Francis Healy was son of an Irish immigrant and a slave, who were later ... class white men was in response to America’s first Army draft, which forced ...