Events often rely on federal awards and private sponsorships — increasingly hard to earn amid efforts to suppress diversity, ...

Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of ...

Juneteenth marks the Union forces' June 19, 1865, announcement in Galveston, Texas, of the emancipation of more than 250,000 slaves in the former Confederate state.

As Juneteenth celebrations unfold across the country this week, many Black Miamians are reflecting on the holiday’s deeper meaning amid political backlash, cultural erasure and vandalism, including ...

Dozens gathered Tuesday morning for the Marion Avenue Cemetery restoration in the city limits of Hartsville.The theme of the overall project "Honoring Our Past ...

Before there was Oprah Winfrey, there was Madam C.J. Walker. The daughter of former slaves, Walker grew up an orphan toiling ...

Mustafa Ali There is a myth we tell ourselves about Juneteenth, as if freedom arrived suddenly, like a thunderclap, on June ...

History Slavery Myths Debunked The Irish were slaves too; slaves had it better than Northern factory workers; black people fought for the Confederacy; and other lies, half-truths, and irrelevancies.

Sen. Mike Lee joined Elon Musk in criticizing the proposed spending in President Trump's "big beautiful bill." Musk called it 'debt slavery for the American people," and Lee agreed.

Politics Elon Musk warns excessive spending will plunge US 'into debt slavery' Musk is highly critical of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the House Republicans who voted for it ...