Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...

Here’s a partial list of events – other than St. Pat’s – going on Friday through Sunday, March 14-16: Carolina Classic Home & ...

A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

Inspiration, followed by motivation and a considerable amount of perspiration changed the lives of many former slaves and ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

Prosecutors said the 19-year-old from St. Helena Island stored a switch-modified pistol under a pillow at the Cross Creek ...

Tensions were high on the grounds of the South Carolina State House on Thursday for a much-anticipated hearing on the state’s ongoing $1.8 billion debacle. Following the arrests of three ...

I especially love this one: “Robert Smalls’ journey from slave to U.S. congressman began with a famous act of defiance. In 1862, the South Carolina native was serving as a wheelman aboard a ...