The Negro Motorist Green Book was a must-have for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era and some Cincinnati businesses ...

The book’s title, In the Light of Dawn, references the Dawn Settlement, a hopeful name given to a community founded largely ...

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

The performance from the 37-year-old rapper sought to tell a story of black Americans and their place within US history, and ...

The term, which originates from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” refers to Black Americans who turn their backs on the Black community and culture and willingly embrace ...

In this literature course, we discussed the literature itself; moreover, we examined critical essays to understand how other authors ... Harriet Beecher Stowe’s work. I was so interested in Baldwin’s ...

One of the most iconic American novels is said to have been inspired by a man who was once enslaved in Montgomery County. Josiah Henson is the inspiration behind Harriet… Read More ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe inspired generations of literary activists, but she left behind a complex legacy. This hour, The Stowe Center joins us to talk about the past and future of literary activism. ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...