There is a moment in Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel “Invisible Man,” when the narrator arrives in New York City and is amazed by what he perceives as the unlimited freedom enjoyed by the city’s Black ...

The power of storytelling has always been at the heart of Black resistance. Long before social media activism and viral videos exposed injustice, enslaved Black Americans wielded their narratives as ...

Black History Month has become a marketing ploy, a way for entertainment publicists to plug African American clients, a quick and easy way to segregate the telling of what is American history into 28 ...

Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...

One day in 1855, a man walked into a newspaper office in Sydney, Australia, with an odd request. The man, later described as a “man of color” with “bright, intelligent eyes” and an American accent, ...

The project goal: ID every person enslaved before 1865 in the present-day U.S. ABC News reporter Alex Presha sits down with "10 Million Names" historians Dr. Kendra Field and Dr. Vincent Brown to ...

Trying to find 'Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives' on your favorite screen? Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the history flick. Unchained Memories: Readings ...

His account of bondage in Edenton described men flogged 100 times and doused with brandy to increase the pain, and white owners so cruel they whipped other people’s slaves for failing to tip their ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — Duchess (Channing) Quamino was said to be the daughter of an African prince, and became an accomplished baker and businesswoman. Newport Gardner was a musician, community activist, and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The descendants of former slaves will gather at the University at Buffalo for a groundbreaking workshop to reconnect participants with their ancestors, further reveal their family ...