The original purpose of the Library of Congress was to provide unbiased research to members of Congress. Each year, the ...
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...
Slave Trading in the Civil War South A Harper's Weekly illustration of Confederate soldiers driving Black Americans south in 1862 Library of Congress In the late summer of 1865, a few months after ...
The president issued a proclamation recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month. But one race equity expert has ...
Each February, the African American legacy that shaped America is honored during Black History Month. Here are some places to ...
BBC. "The Hidden Links Between Slavery and Wall Street." APM Reports. "Shackled Legacy." Library of Congress, U.S. History Primary Source Timeline. "The Freed Men." Cornell Law School. Legal ...
The Daily Reporter will feature our “Neighbors” regularly, whether it be someone with an interesting hobby or profession, or a nonprofit group making a difference in our community. Here, Indianapolis ...
A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...
Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...
While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...