Newsom also signed a handful of bills developed using recommendations from the state’s reparations task force.

In 1865, The Freedmen’s Record published a profile about Harriet Jacobs, describing her as “one of the most zealous and efficient workers in the Freedmen’s cause.” Since going South in ...

From the ashes of a region wracked by civil war, the recently emancipated banded together in creating hundreds of Freedmen’s Towns across the South. Many would thrive. Energetic African American ...

The Pea Island Preservation Society, Inc., (PIPSI) is pleased to announce two October events to be held at the Pea Island ...

The deep roots of debt relief activism in the United States. A crowd outside Minneapolis’s Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank ...

The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial at 1001 S. Washington St. was dedicated about 10 years ago. The 10th ...

Erin Benson, a senior research archaeologist with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey maps an excavation area on ...

There was hope that California could be a shining example of how to implement reparations. Its end, however, didn’t shock ...

The city held a 10th anniversary candlelight vigil in honor of the dedication of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery ...

Numerous time periods and cultures await students in the Museum District, a mere mile from campus. Next time you are itching ...

Howard’s Grove Hospital, later changed to Central Lunatic Asylum, was designated as a mental health hospital for African ...

Black Voters and the Fight for Democracy is a multipart series that explores the stakes of the 2024 election for our ...