The Christmas Rebellion, led by Baptist leader Samuel Sharpe, challenged slavery and reshaped the nation’s history.

In 1939, Billie Holiday gave voice to a nation’s darkest truths with Strange Fruit, her haunting lament for the bodies of Black men and women hanging from ...

One hundred 95 years ago today, Mary Ann Macham was living her first day as a free woman. Born on a plantation in Virginia, sold for $450 when she was 12, Macham endured 17 years of abuse before ...

Wheatley’s work has been probed and scrutinized, both during her short life and after her death. But despite that, her verse — and her crucial, early voice against slavery — have endured. Now, as the ...

A full cabinet of marvelous costars includes Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Adam Driver, Lee ...

Every week in Forward, our Monday newsletter, Brittany Carloni shares a short story from Wisconsin history. Today we present the last 12 editions of Back Words.

Through her creative lives as author, illustrator, painter, quilter, sculptor, and activist, Ringgold spoke to the urgency ...

Jones had been preaching through the Book of John since the church’s 150th anniversary service in late September. Instead of ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - John Gilmore Riley was born into slavery in 1857 with no formal ...

Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today.