Over on the west bank of the Mississippi atop a sugarcane field sat this southern mansion. The hard work of enslaved peoples resulted in a home featuring high ceilings, large windows and massive ...

Jo Banner, a co-founder of The Descendants Project, a nonprofit organization that focuses on eradicating the legacies of ...

Places like Nottoway paved the way for 21st-century developers who use “plantation” to name residential enclaves, first with alluring architecture that distracts from the blood of the enslaved in the ...

Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West ...

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of ...

Over 1,000 each of amaltas, Lagerstroemia speciosa (Queen’s crepe myrtle), and Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet tree) will be ...

By condensing about 150 years of history in roughly 27 minutes, historian and guest speaker Edward Lee offered Rotary Club of ...

Harvard University reached a settlement Wednesday with the descendants of enslaved people who had their photos taken by a university professor back in the 1800s.   Tamara Lanier, the ...

Light smoke can be seen from a handful of active hot spots as crews remain on scene after a fire engulfed the historic ...

Highland County’s Talented & Gifted (TAG) students recently experienced Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Berkeley ...