A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

Alleging that Latter-day Saints are neither white nor Christian alleviates some of the tension, and possibly some of the ...

The "Circle of Chains" memorial by Steven Whyte, powerfully honors the enslaved individuals who contributed to the state's ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

The scroll, titled "A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery," dates to 1847 and was signed by more than 115 Baptist ministers.

Initial efforts to locate a 19th century anti-slavery scroll were unsuccessful — until they looked in a church closet.

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.