In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least 87 Black men were elected to and served in the Arkansas General Assembly.

At an antebellum plantation, during Black History Month, over 100 people came to a lecture about slavery on Saturday.

Ricky Hart and Beverly Evans survey the vast expanse of Historic Stagville Plantation, where their ancestors’ whispers echo ...

Along Old Oxford Highway in Durham, North Carolina, two descendants of enslaved Americans walk sacred ground. Ricky Hart and ...

These legislators and other officeholders were primarily elected from areas with large Black populations -- Arkansas' plantation regions ... at 21 -- 17 in the House and four in the Senate.

Those who take this backroad in New Smyrna Beach are likely to see an eerie surprise: a gravesite embedded in the middle of ...

The Fort Pierce Highwaymen Museum is expected to open Feb. 15-16 during its namesake's annual festival weekend.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the world’s largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It’s one of the most visited museums in the United States, ...

When visitors enter the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, Ohio, their first question is ‘Was this a stop on the Underground Railroad?’ The somewhat ...

The Wallace House in Harpersville was built using enslaved labor in 1841. Now a center for education, a local artist has used the grounds to tell a new story.

The two human services buildings — the almshouse and hospital — likely were the fourth and fifth buildings under county watch ...