On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Local author Jolene McDonald stopped by at the library recently to read her book, “I Will Not Go To Sleep Tonight!” McDonald, who lives in Litchfield, wrote this sweet book, which was illustrated ...

Celebrating Black history by visiting one of these seven Black museums is one the Blackest things you could do for Black History Month.

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

Students are working to build a database of names and biographies of 800 enslaved people who belonged to the Cobb-Lamar ...

DHL, the global logistics company, officially opened the Pollee & Rose Allen School of Logistics and Trade in Mobile, AL, on Thursday, Feb 6.

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy. The USS ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

In the next few days, the SS United States will be towed out of the Delaware River for the final time. Here are the details. Often called "America's flagship," the SS United States is a marvel of ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.