Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of Reconstruction and 91 years of Jim Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

THE world set aside January 27 every year as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to remember one of the worst human tragedies ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to bring it to light.

St. John, one of the trio of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is often described as the last untouched paradise. Spanning just 20 square miles, two-thirds of this island is preserved as the Virgin Islands ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...

A new festival will celebrate the legacy and potential of the Africatown community this weekend, offering a four-day slate of free events. The inaugural Owambe Black History Month Festival is ...

The Owensboro Community Remembrance Project and the Owensboro NAACP are hosting a four-part film festival to celebrate Black ...

By Dan Ouellette In officially opening the Hamptons JazzFest’s winter season, composer and environmental sound artist Mary ...

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro announces its fifth year of Black History Matters with the 2025 ...

Captain Jack Sparrow's beloved ship is one of the most recognizable pirate vessels in cinema, and it's based on a real type ...

Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta, said late Monday the incident remained under ...

Libyan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 28 sub-Saharan migrants in the southeastern district ...