George and Jane Chester’s oyster cellar in Harrisburg was more than a restaurant. Sure, it was a tradition to dine at the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday named its press gallery after ...

Le Roy’s First Presbyterian Church has a long, yet quiet history of being a site for promoting social justice, and fighting ...

Le Roy’s First Presbyterian Church has a long, yet quiet history of being a site for promoting social justice, and fighting ...

ONEIDA, N.Y. — The National Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterboro continues to act as a beacon of hope to those impacted by the civil rights movement. Peterboro was a stop on the Underground Railroad, ...

Dubbed the “baddest bitch in history” by Comedy Central, Bowser became known as one of the Union’s most daring Civil War spies. Literate and underestimated, Bowser worked as an undercover agent from ...

Shortly before the Civil War, the escape of two enslaved Nebraska sisters led to a cross-country pursuit, making headlines nationwide and nearly sparking a riot in Chicago. Some see echoes of the saga ...

A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement ...

Uncover the remarkable story of John S. Rock, an abolitionist and the first Black attorney admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Harbor-Topky Memorial Library Adult Services Supervisor Andy Pochatko will deliver a lecture on John Brown and his ties to County at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Andover Public Library.

While taking nothing away from her individual ability and drive, a new exhibition positions the people surrounding Edmonia Lewis as essential to her success.

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass.