A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

What many people don’t know about is the significance of Bucks County’s connection to the Underground Railroad ... famous abolitionists like Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott.

A self-guided walking tour in Wooster is shedding light on the city’s African American history, showing how the past is woven ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Instead of using the secret routes along the Underground Railroad to find freedom in the North, thousands of enslaved Black ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Works by Black artists on how labor influenced Black history and culture, curated by Faith Evans; reception 3-5 p.m. Feb. 16; ...

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.