From Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the achievements of Black athletes have had a role in advancing civil rights.

Frederick Douglass, a native son of Talbot County and a leading African American abolitionist, writer, orator, and newspaper ...

The slogan may be "Virginia Is For Lovers", but we say Virginia is for families! There are so many amazing things to do in ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the ...

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...

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