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OPINION - Attempting to honor the Confederacy while citing the evils of slavery is like trying to commemorate Santa Claus…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Under pressure from critics, Gov. Bob McDonnell called it a "major omission" not noting slavery in…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Amistad, a U.S.-flagged vessel headed for largely forbidden Cuban waters is a symbol of both a…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Research shows the first black people settled in South Carolina in the 1600s. They were slaves…
Rep. Trent Franks said that because of U.S. abortion policy, "far more of the African American community is being devastated…
OPINION - In January 1822, the first group of black American emigrants landed on Providence Island, Liberia...
OPINION - It looks like the word "Negro" is back in style these days, for better or for worse. And…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A ex-Richmond city councilman is among those asking that Virginia officials excavate part of a university…
DALLAS (AP) - She was a widow in a Nigerian village trying to raise six children when she says she…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for…
OPINION - While Western societies have made societal changes and continue to address racism, there is little acknowledgment in most…
VIDEO- Police now believe Shaniya's mother was lying in the 911 call she made. They say the call was part…
FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming…
OPINION - Perhaps our churches can take a page out of the churches that used their facilities as schools for…
TAMPA, Fla. - Columbus' stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts will not observe…
VIDEO - "It's such a wonderful story to hear that she has roots here," said local seamstress Naomi Gilson. "But…
OPINION - The term "good hair" harks back to antebellum America, when slaves knew that the less African they appeared,…