A ceremony marking the 156th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in rebellious Southern states, was charged with politics, as speakers lashed out against ...

Celebrating the freedom of enslaved Africans in Florida highlighted a Florida Emancipation Day event at a Black museum in southeast Gainesville.

The iconic speech by the U.S. senator from Skowhegan was delivered on June 1, 1950, and is still remembered today as a ...

Maine, delivered her famous Declaration of Conscience speech on June 1, 1950, on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Here are some ...

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.

Lexington residents have come together to plan a more respectful grave site for the 32 unnamed former slaves buried at Lexington City Cemetery. At 6 p.m. on June 19, also known as Juneteenth, the Rev.

1. Find out why Broadway in Tucson is leaving the Tucson Convention Center - and where it's headed. 2. Tucson Unified School District has been losing students for years - learn how one school is ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial ...

As the Declaration of Independence's 250th anniversary draws near, Jasper County 250 rededicated the gravesite of 1 of the 4 ...

This is another reference to slavery, which was ended by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in ...

Kenneth Morris, 50, happens to be the descendant of two very famous historical figures, Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. The two families’ bloodlines were united when Nettie Hancock ...