Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In ...

It was celebration time Sunday for Laurie Johnson-Wade of New Kensington, who brought her seven grandchildren and two of her daughters to Greensburg for a lesson in Black history — the arts, singing, ...

Historical narratives have long misrepresented the stories of the Black people in America. Black representation has often ...

No one has played a greater role in helping all Americans know the black past than Carter G. Woodson, the individual who ...

The famous saying “the world is your oyster” was originally written by Shakespeare in 1602 to be spoken as “the world’s mine oyster” by one of his swash-buckling characters in his comedy The Merry ...

African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...

Morrison’s “Beloved” and Douglass’s “My Bondage and My Freedom” have been added back to the HUM syllabus this spring, as ...

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In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

Delve into America’s Civil Rights story with a visit to these important landmarks and destinations. Here are five to consider ...

On Friday evening, June 10, 1856, Frederick Douglass, the former slave, abolitionist, author and orator, addressed the ...