Watch the full 2026 WBOY Black History Special in the player above. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Thanks to the efforts of an ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and ...

PHILADELPHIA — For some, the removal of exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site at Independence National ...

It's estimated that over 11 million Africans were enslaved, with more than 1 million dying during the brutal transatlantic voyage to the New World. Once slaves were captured throughout the continent, ...

National Park Service removes slavery exhibits from Philadelphia’s President’s House memorial, sparking outrage and a legal challenge.

I have a message for President Donald Trump, his administration and anyone who hopes the world will forget what happened in this country. Slavery in the United States was a brutal and dehumanizing ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. Recent Baltimore protests over ...

PROVIDENCE – The colonial history of Providence is one intertwined with slavery. But much of the time, only the names of the slave owners, the rich white men, make it into history books and the ...

Students enter the Treme Villa Meilleur New Orleans African American Museum in New Orleans in February 2008. The museum is on the list of places that Louisiana tourism officials unveiled as the first ...