It was no accident that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. That act shifted the meaning of ...

“Black history is our history. This is our time to serve, and this is our time to be a part of our own history. Starting in ...

As New Year’s celebrations faded and 2026 began, hundreds across the Lowcountry gathered for a different kind of tradition.

When Amanda Kemp set out to write a play about the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, she saw it as a performance piece, with dancers, music and the actual words of the Emancipation ...

By cutting me down, Saint-Domingue has only broken the trunk of the tree of black freedom; it will grow back from its roots, for they are many and deep,' ...

"The Emancipation Proclamation in the South was met largely with derision among white pro-Confederate Southerners," said Andy Talkov, head of program development at the historical society. "It didn't ...