Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Manisha ...

The "Master of Me" author recounted Smith sending her a voicemail of encouragement during a rough patch with her family.

Maya Freelon portraits can be seen during the exhibition “Whippersnappers: Recapturing, Reviewing, and Reimagining the Lives ...

We never discussed it, but I know he felt betrayed. He felt misled, and he lost his trust in my leadership. At fifteen years ...

In this eye-opening and disturbing account, historian Berry (History Teaches Us to Resist) reveals that Black children were routinely “trafficked” by white Southerners via so-called ...

Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks ...

Handsome is one who handsome does. This self righteous axiom is an apt synonym, and surmounts every bit of it, when it comes ...

It comes three years after Will said his “heart shattered” when his son, Jaden, tried to emancipate himself at age 15.

1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “all persons held as slaves…henceforward ... In the Parisian ...

1965 Griswold v Connecticut Supreme Court (SC) overturns Connecticut law prohibiting use of contraceptives by married couples. 1972 Eisenstadt v Baird SC strikes down law banning distribution of ...