Patrisse Cullors wants us to do better—by ourselves, of course, but most importantly by one another. Cullors is known for her revolutionary activism as the co-founder of Black Lives Matter and leading ...

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Dec. 2, 1859, a well-known abolitionist was hanged. John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the town started on the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, ...

Program recognizes more than 800 locations in the U.S. and Canada with connections to the Underground Railroad. Brown was the ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Jonesborough is home to the first publication dedicated to the abolitionist movement named “The Emancipator.” It called for the freeing of slaves decades before the ...

After 200 years, the nation’s first abolitionist newspaper is returning–and it couldn’t have come back at a better time. In an unfortunate way, what is old often becomes new again when considering the ...

MARIETTA — A 19th century abolitionist will be the topic of a presentation meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 320 Second St. “Cassius ...

Johns Hopkins, the founder of the Baltimore research university and hospital who was was long believed to be a staunch and early abolitionist, owned slaves, the institution announced Wednesday. Census ...

I started somatic experiencing—an alternative therapy that remediates trauma through bodywork—at the recommendation of a friend who, like me, is a Black woman. Meds and talk therapy effectively ...

As the Civil War raged in America, a group of slave catchers caught up with Leroy Lee, who had fled slavery to Cincinnati. They took him east to New Richmond, intending to ship him back to his ...

The radical activist group that the Biden administration said it erroneously included in guidance on post-coronavirus school reopenings was already spreading its messaging in schools and universities ...

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