A Chester County-based organization promoting racial healing through storytelling is working with Longwood Gardens, Lincoln University and other partners to create a National Memorial to the ...

Thomas Jefferson, steeped in Enlightenment philosophy, wrote that we have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the ...

"They were very close to William Still, the 'Father of the Underground Railroad,'" says Swinson. The Woman's Club of Germantown bought the Johnson house more than a century ago.

The Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County will hold its 2nd Annual Experience of A Lifetime: A Juneteenth Festival tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at historic Timbuctoo, once one of New ...

“You think bullets grow on trees?” a perturbed Hailey Freeman (Danielle Deadwyler) asks her daughter. Eleven years into a ...

William C. Goodridge was born into slavery but eventually built a legacy in York as a successful businessman and a conductor on the Underground Railroad. His former home, now a museum, still holds ...

New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, but Black settlements helped the enslaved find freedom long before ...

Whether you're feeling patriotic, reflective or in need of escapism, here's a list of flicks to chose from this Independence ...

If you ever wondered where those hidden stories are that you never learn in school, then OnThisVerySpot.com is your new best ...

Historians are investigating the haunting handwritten manuscript, which chronicles Thomas White's escape from slavery in ...

The transit agency ordered cars for the LIRR this week that will serve the MTA's East Side terminal, which was initially ...