They often silenced my story and told me not to tell it. Now I am here, sitting in front of the camera, and honestly, no one ...

With President Donald Trump’s endorsement secured, Rep. Byron Donalds entered Florida’s 2026 governor’s race as the clear ...

In an interview this week , James Fishback argued that U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds shouldn’t have been offended by being called a ...

“This was not about the past,” Nkrumah Steward told ABC News. — -- It was a meeting 181 years in the making as Nkrumah Steward, a slave descendant, and Robert Adams, a plantation owner, sat down ...

Nearly nine months before U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Emancipation Proclamation calling for the end of slavery, the District of Columbia outlawed the slavery and paid reparations to ...

A common argument in the dispute over official displays of the Confederate battle flag is that most people misunderstand the reasons behind the Civil War. It was not about slavery, these advocates say ...

Slavery—and it’s harrowing and depraved legacy—still has modern-day repercussions for Black Americans. It lasted four centuries and was the worst crime against humanity this country has ever committed ...

In "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom" (Simon & Schuster), author Ilyon Woo recounts a remarkable 19th century story of deception, in which a fair-skinned enslaved ...

Claim: The County of Los Angeles has requested that equipment vendors avoid using the industry term "Master/Slave" in product descriptions and labeling. Status: True. Origins: Social changes of our ...

Excellence is afoot in Trenton. On the one hand, the Passage Theatre Company’s production of Amiri Baraka’s monumental pairing of one-act plays, “Dutchman” and “The Slave,” offers a special ...