In Montgomery, Alabama, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, a long-neglected plot of land has been transformed. It's now home to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, the vision of ...

One Thousand Years of Slavery, a riveting new docu-series exploring the legacy of slavery and how our shared history can create a better future, will air on Smithsonian Channel in 2022. Watch Full ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Roots 101's latest artifact was tucked away in a barn loft in Shelby County, near Louisville, for more than a century. Lamont Collins, the founder of the Roots 101 African American ...

He spoke at a museum where millions of African slaves were baptized. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America's "original sin" of slavery and the ...

“Trace/s,” the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy of slavery in the borough with its living descendants. “Slavery didn’t just ...

ANKENY, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing criticism from the majority of the Black Republicans serving in Congress for new public school standards that teach that some Black people benefited ...

They say "slaves developed skills" they could use for their "personal benefit." Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida Friday to forcefully rebuke new, controversial Black history standards ...