Tennessee celebrates Emancipation Day on August 8, marking the day many enslaved Tennesseans learned of their freedom. While President Andrew Johnson freed his slaves, his legacy is complex due to his ...

The event honored the day of Aug. 8, 1863, when Tennessee officially recognized President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation ...

HBO's "The Gilded Age" has explored what it was like for wealthy Black Americans in the late 1800s in New York City.

The PNP standard-bearers — Fitz Jackson, St Catherine Southern; Dr Alfred Dawes, St Catherine South Eastern; and Raymond ...

President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding, says a future PNP Government will take steps to significantly ...

Black August Resistance Month 2025 is here! Black August was created to honor and promote the teaching of George Lester ...

The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

The public can choose from 25 historic designs including Bugs Bunny, Star Trek, and Disney characters for the commemorative collection.

“For a handsome, steel-engraved picture of our late esteemed fellow-Cincinnatian, Salmon P. Chase, send $10,000 to the U.S. treasury,” Cincinnati Post reporter Eugene Segal wrote in 1928.

Based in New York City, Chip Kidd is best known for his stunning book jackets – most notably for seminal publishing house ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, ...