PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) ─ A new, innovative project is shining a light on the hidden history of Rhode Island. Slave medallions are being placed throughout the Ocean State marking the role each city ...
Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...
“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. By Jennifer Schuessler See more of our coverage in your ...
Despite ambivalence from some on the topic, the institution’s latest leader “knew that slavery had to be at the heart of the museum.” By Ginanne Brownell On a Sunday stroll up 16th Street in ...
From slave market memorials to Freddie Mercury's birthplace, a Stone Town walking tour uncovers one of East Africa's most ...
One of the slave cabins at Laura Plantation in Vacherie on Friday, Aug. 8, 2024, as the bell used to indicated to slaves when it was time to work, eat and rest for the day. Amid growing ...
Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, shown here with a grandson, has long pushed for the nationwide designation of Emancipation Day “because it means Canada is finally recognizing and owning its full history.” ...
PROVIDENCE – The colonial history of Providence is one intertwined with slavery. But much of the time, only the names of the slave owners, the rich white men, make it into history books and the ...
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) ─ A new, innovative project is shining a light on the hidden history of Rhode Island. Slave medallions are being placed throughout the Ocean State marking the role each city ...