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

Former SDNY U.S. Attorney Mimi Rocah, New York Times investigative reporter Mike Schmidt, “Politics Nation” anchor Rev. Al Sharpton, and MSNBC legal analyst Kristy Greenberg join Nicolle Wallace to ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

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 ...

Their history is Brooklyn’s history, spanning from the borough’s era as a slaveholding capital in New York and through the ...

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

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.

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

Bloomfield historian John Mills founded the Alex Breanne Corporation to unearth and honor Black history. His work got him on ...