In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the ...

The New Jersey Reparations Council has released its report on reparations for Black people impacted by the legacy of slavery ...

The Conversation focuses on how the overall expansion of voting rights and a historical understanding of “We the People” shows that everyone belongs in a democratic society, regardless of wealth, ...

As Americans observe Juneteenth, Trump lamented the cost of "non-working holidays" in a Truth Social post on Thursday, ...

As the Black community has faced—and continues to face—generational trauma and family displacement, honoring Black triumphs ...

Morgan State University has become the first HBCU to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale with “ReCall & Response, ...

YARDLEY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The "Gather Place" is a museum exhibiting African American history and Yardley's history. The ...

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 that enslaved African Americans, isolated in Texas, learned they had been freed. Some ...

The Beacon of Freedom rises 47 feet and was designed by Perkins&Will, and fabricated by Demiurge. It was inspired by civil leader and activist Lyda Moore Merrick, who once said: “My father passed a ...