Several rooms located in the House press gallery at the U.S. Capitol could be renamed to honor abolitionist Frederick Douglass under an amendment by Utah Rep. Burgess Owens and other Republicans.

This year's homecoming celebration carries particular significance, marking 150 years since the founding of the historically ...

It’s Friday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some of ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Douglass made history as the first black member of the congressional press galleries in 1871 as he reported for primarily ...

Slavery may have been a footnote in the news, but in the last election, Nevada voted to end slavery as a punishment for a crime in its constitution. “What? I thought slavery was abolished a long time ...

The writer explores the historical journey of racial politics in America, tracing the path from the oppression of Black ...

Beyoncé's song "16 CARRIAGES" serves as a historical reflection on the Black experience during Reconstruction, symbolizing ...

A quote from women's rights pioneer Lucy Stone in the window of G. Willikers! Books and Toys is attracting attention in.

Reeves was also a longtime member of the Freedom Day Association, a group formed in 1941 in Philadelphia to ensure younger African Americans understand the importance of the 13th Amendment, which ...

This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. The Thirteenth ...

Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second ...