In 1826, Bella and her youngest daughter Sophia escaped to freedom. Heartbroken to leave the other children, she would be the ...

Mona Tawatao is the legal director of the Equal Justice Society, a member of the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliations and Truth. As part of that historic law, the Legislature declared that ...

WALLACE, La. (WGNO) — Before the Civil War, there were hundreds of plantations along the Mississippi River. In 2014, The Whitney Plantation opened it’s doors as the first museum dedicated to the ...

AMHERST — Sojourner Truth was one of the most famous abolitionists of 19th century U.S. history. But Tom Goldscheider, of the David Ruggles Center in Florence, has heard of many longtime local ...

On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself. This article originally appeared on The Conversation, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to unlocking the ...

Matt Walsh would like you to know you’ve been lied to. Last month, the right-wing provocateur appeared on Megyn Kelly’s show to discuss his new video series, Real History With Matt Walsh. “When you ...

“History had me glued to my seat. It felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other.” When Claudette Colvin died this month, too many ...

Dozens gathered Tuesday at Sixth and Market in protest of the removal of the slavery exhibits at the President’s House by the National Park Service almost three weeks ago. The large crowd demanded the ...

Ari Daniel | Host, "There's More to That" In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride ...

The Real Artists LLC will present Dust of Egypt: The Story of Sojourner Truth, a heroic saga of a young mother's fight to save her son, written by Karin Abarbanel. What could be more timely and ...

The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance with a directive from President Trump. By Ashley Ahn The National Park ...