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Look past the Spanish Castillo fort and ornate Moorish buildings to discover the rich Black history of St. Augustine, Florida ...
The home at 114 E. Union St. in Burlington, where he later lived, still stands. Three years ago, a bronze plaque ...
Karen Hill attended the ceremony in 2023 when the U.S. Navy announced it would name a John Lewis-class oiler in honor of Harriet Tubman.
Henry Service remembers feeling like an outsider as a young Black college student. Born in the United Kingdom to Jamaican ...
The Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tourism Initiative has reached a significant milestone in its mission to document the region’s Underground Railroad history, with an additional eight verified sites ...
Opal Lee, a longtime Fort Worth civil rights leader known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized late last ...
The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East ...
For years, Ken Johnston has hiked Black heritage trails across the U.S., retracing the steps of civil rights pioneers and ...
Written by and starring Leslie McCurdy, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” is a one-woman play based on the life of the ...
The Music of Black History,” a theatrical performance by Bright Start Touring Theatre, on Friday, June 13. The production ...
Quindaro site in Kansas City, Kansas has received recognition as a national historic site opening it up to more funding opportunities.