Census showing residents of Yonkers By Dennis Richmond Jr. A conversation about slavery is never easy. It is an open wound, a ...

"Brooklynites" uncovers the 19th-century struggles of Black residents in what was a New York slaveholding hub.

Black history: from abolitionists to historic settlements, discover their resiliency and persistence in shaping the region's ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

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

At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels and two police officials were killed on Sunday in the deadliest combat so far this year in central India, police said. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers ...

Anthony and Susanna, who historians and researchers believe were the first African people to be enslaved by the Huguenot ...

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023.

In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns ...

This image of Susan L. Watson appeared in the Syracuse Sunday Herald on July 26, 1896. The "breaker" of Jerry's shackles ...

On this day in 1964, the British band ‘The Beatles’ made their historic arrival in the United States, landing at New York’s ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...