An overview of how Bermuda’s early colonial government drew up the legislative basis for enslavement on the island has been ...

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H.R. 40 was first introduced by Rep. John Conyers in 1989, and would create a committee to study the effects of slavery and ...

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

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An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers himself a "non-traditional historian." ...

I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...

Our University has a duty to protect its international students and stand firm against the strongman tactics of the new ...

Whether the Academy Awards are actually the world's most prestigious award in cinema is up for debate. Since 1929, the ...

His violations follow an old playbook—trigger lawsuits, giving the Supreme Court a chance to declare statutes ...