In 2016, former President Barack Obama opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

The president signs a decree to stop a ‘revisionist movement that seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the ...

Publicly-funded attraction produces ‘tool for culture change’ under strategy to become ‘genuinely anti-racist’ ...

President Trump threatened to block funding for Smithsonian exhibitions that discuss racism and ordered the restoration of ...

President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to review potential "anti-American'' sentiment being expressed on U.S. monuments and memorials.

In the rural Iowa town of Salem, the community holds tangible remnants of the Underground Railroad.The Lewelling Quaker ...

Solomon Northup detailed his time in Central Louisiana in his 1853 narrative "Twelve Years a Slave," on which the Academy ...

Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. Discover her role in the Underground Railroad and beyond.

The University of Cambridge is facing strong criticism from academics over an exhibition that claims Professor Stephen Hawking benefited from the slave trade. The Rise Up exhibition at the ...

The University of Cambridge is facing strong criticism from academics over an exhibition that claims Professor Stephen ...

One of the country's most prestigious universities has sparked over claims leading intellectuals including Professor Stephen ...

When history records the work of those who were abolitionists, the participation and contributions of free people of color is ...