Fifteen years before Amistad, there was the Antelope: a slave ship with 275 captives whose fates were argued before the U.S. Supreme Court not just…
Actor Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ reboot of Haley’s classic African-American novel Roots, History Channel’s executive vice president and general manager Dirk Hoogstra…
PBS has halted the third season production of Finding Your Roots after an investigation proved the omission of Ben Affleck’s slave-owning ancestor violated ethical guidelines. The…
When we talk about the United States becoming a global economic power, many discount the role slavery and free labor played in bolstering American capitalism. Author Edward E.…
In 1794, a Portuguese slave ship, dubbed Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, sank near Capetown while en route from Mozambique to Brazil. Now over 200 years…
Memorial Day has long been known as a holiday to celebrate and honor America’s soldiers. It’s also the holiday that officially kicks off summer, which…
#ArkOfReturn:UN to unveil memorial in #NewYork honoring victims of transatlantic #slave trade http://t.co/Rz5feg8BBw pic.twitter.com/wk4Uy76c81 — UNIC Beirut (@UNICBeirut) March 25, 2015 For this year’s International…
America has the world’s richest economy and the world’s most powerful military, but how did the United States get to this level of power and…
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether Texas was wrong to reject specialty vehicle license plates displaying the Confederate flag, the emblem…
State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta (pictured), is proposing that the state of Georgia adopt a resolution that formally apologizes for the unjust institution of slavery as…
Pennsylvania newspaper The Lancaster New Era issued an apology, after running a nationally syndicated cartoon that compared commercial airplane seating to the horrifically crowded and…
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday of notable significance for many African Americans. June 19, 1865, highlights the abolition…
