An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape bondage. Some fugitives took to the sea.

A journey to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture took me places I will not soon forget.

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The owner of the space, Alexis Noble, said they extended the exhibit because it coincidentally has ties to the new Blockbuster film "Sinners," which is based in Mississippi.

One of the world’s great rivers, the mighty Mississippi is storied in American culture, history and identity. It’s where ...

On a recent trip to New Hampshire, historian David Cecelski pored over historic accounts and survivors' sworn affidavits ...

I’ve always been inspired by James Baldwin’s quote – and perspective – “We carry our history with us. We are our history.” ...

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Two millennia later, X-ray scans show that one of them is a philosophical text called “On Vice” The Dutch merchant ship ‘Koning Willem de Tweede’ sank off the coast of South Australia in a ...