The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still contributes...
In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton....
As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s...
As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly...
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. as issued by President Lincoln’s Emancipation...
As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by laws, not combat. Union Gen. Gordon...
Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War,...
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Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Florida Tuesday and continued to take aim at the state's widely panned new Black history...
U_S_ Sen_ Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis for supporting standards...
Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant...
Rep. Byron Donalds, the only Black Republican in Florida's congressional delegation, pushed back against Florida's new history...
They say "slaves developed skills" they could use for their "personal benefit."Vice President Kamala Harris traveled...
France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has apologized for his country’s role in slavery and asked forgiveness on the anniversary...
An amendment was introduced in Congress last week that would eliminate the so-called "slavery loophole" in the U.S. Constitution....
The U.S.Constitution's exception for slavery faces renewed battle from lawmakers ahead of Juneteenth.Three legislators are working...
New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed...
