Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case. After they were stolen ...

Operatives and influencers aligned with the movement — which has made the treasonous Confederacy into a cause célèbre and ...

Lee Hawkins’ book shows exploring the connections between the past and present helps us understand the forces shaping our ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a White man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line ...

Anne Arundel County officials will formally apologize at an event next month for the county’s role in slavery and its ...

A National Museum of African American History and Culture Exhibition frames the history of slavery in a global context Abigail Pocasangre & Julia Ross Artist Daniel Minter created this installation ...

President Trump orders National Parks to make their stories more "uplifting." But the history of slavery doesn't lend itself ...

When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, he brought with him a team of scholars, scientists and artists. Together, they produced the monumental “Description de l’Égypte,” ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution readers champion books that filled the gaps in their education on American history.

Softening the portrayal of slavery in museums is a dangerous attempt to reshape collective memory. The legacies of slavery, such as racial disparities in incarceration and wealth, continue to impact ...

The Trump/MAGA/White Supremacist administration is ordering the removal of information and depictions of the era of slavery in the United States. One of the most emblematic images of enslavement is ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the ...