Born in the Danish West Indies and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Judah Benjamin moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, became a successful lawyer, owned a plantation and 140 slaves, rarely ...

Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...

That's how I found myself in Sierra Leone, staring off into a beautiful sunset filled with shades of violet, orange, and red with the sounds of the waves crashing into the white sand of Tokeh Beach on ...

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson explains the history of birthright citizenship and who the 14th Amendment was ...

The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable ...

making him the second Black senator in American history and the first to serve a full six-year term.” I especially love this ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

Born into bondage on a Chesterfield County, South Carolina ... History. “Apparently, from the beginning of their relationship, King was more of a junior partner in Godwin’s company than a ...

South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McCleod was the 15th of 17 children born to former slaves Sam and Patsy McLeod. She was the first of her siblings to be born into freedom. Early on, Mary would ...

In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...