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

The oystermen knew Sandy Ground was a safe haven for them to have the freedom to work, learn and worship where it would not ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

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

Throughout the 19th century, New Orleans was the nation ... country pitched toward the Civil War and the rights of free Black people became more restricted, Bailey said. As tensions rose over ...

Black History Month Anderson locations to see, the Church Street Heritage Plaza in downtown Anderson, with storyboards and ...

Saikat Majumdar’s new book explores the rise of amateurs as a response to colonial rule, and its current form, embodied by ...

Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...

From the plantations of 19th century Mississippi to the steel mills of 20th century Youngstown to the board rooms of any major 21st century metropolis, work has long been a defining trait of the black ...