Juneteenth celebrates the fall of slavery in the U.S. At the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, visitors heard from descendants of slaves.

The celebrations come as President Donald Trump’s administration has worked to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia, Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues and Gov. Patrick Morrisey to ...

The article discusses the ongoing issue of slavery in Texas, the rescinding of asylum protection for people of color, and the need for young Progressives to fight for democracy and the Constitution.

While some are celebrating the Juneteenth holiday through dance and music, others see it as an opportunity to learn more ...

While the tone was celebratory, many of those present said this year’s Juneteenth felt especially urgent — not just as a remembrance of emancipation but as a stand against efforts to suppress Black ...

June 19, 1865 –the day all people in the United States were officially granted freedom. All across the country, Americans are ...

In all 14 slave states and the District of Columbia that ... a massive uprising in which enslaved and free black people joined together to overthrow French slaveholders on Saint-Domingue, inspired ...

Henry Box Brown shipped himself from a slave state to a free state in 1849. Undermain Theatre s production of Box imagines an alternative ending to Brown s life after his escape from slavery.( ...

LOS ANGELES — The national movement to close a so-called slavery loophole in state constitutions was riding ... simply worded anti-slavery provisions free of specifics about what they mean ...

The major states’ rights issue leading up to the war concerned the right of free states and territories to exclude slavery within their borders. The Constitution’s Fugitive Slave Clause provides that ...

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country ... The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio ...