PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Hundreds of enslaved African American graves located at the Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill are being moved to another location. The Regional Industrial ...

The gravestone of Squire, an African-American enslaved man in Salem, was found in 1998 by an archeology crew from the University of South Carolina. Journal file Melissa Hall, Straight Answer Ma’am ...

The solemn ceremony was a moment to reflect and honor the ancestors who once lived at Sully while also honoring Juneteenth, the day in 1865 the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free.

I would say no to the work trip, but it is related to a project that I am managing, and I need to go. It’s the sort of thing that, if I don’t go, I won’t be doing my job, and I might get fired.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. Finding the Pope’s Roots By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The bill will gradually phase out federal tax incentives that have helped homeowners and businesses make the switch to green energy. Fourth of July celebrations are still going strong across the ...

They were there to honor Lewis Brady, a Black man who escaped slavery in Maryland in the 19th century, settled near Ossining, New York, toiled as an oysterman and then became a legend for defying ...

As Israel’s war on Gaza enters its second summer, the annual all-expenses-paid tour of Israel is more popular than ever.

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Issued on June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 declared “absolute equality” for enslaved people in Texas — honored with an exhibit in Dallas.

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865. It became a federal holiday in 2021, signed into law by President Biden.

On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, with news of freedom, according to the ...