WASHINGTON — As U.S. lawmakers commemorated the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth this month, many of them could have looked no further than their own family histories to find a more personal ...

Slavery reparations may be debatable but benefits for families who lost a loved one to racial terror are clearly deserved.

ST. LOUIS — Descendants of the Black people enslaved by St. Louis University have for the first time calculated how much labor and wealth was stolen from their ancestors, their latest effort in a ...

'Descendants: Wicked Wonderland', the fifth installment of the franchise, will also see Rita Ora back as the Queen of Hearts Disney/Quantrell Colbert Cinderella’s shoes have been filled! Disney has ...

Was Nat Turner a hero? Depends on whose descendants you ask. On assignment for 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper went to Southampton County, Virginia, to the place where Turner’s bloody rebellion took place ...

A bill that would give California colleges and universities an option to provide preference in admissions to descendants of slavery has cleared the state’s Senate Education Committee with a 5-2 vote ...

The special will mark the first Descendants installment without late star Cameron Boyce Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE A royal wedding is upon us. Mal and King Ben will tie the knot in an animated special ...

The Disney Descendants universe recently entered a new chapter with the premiere of Descendants: The Rise of Red, starring Kylie Cantrall as Red, the Queen of Hearts' daughter, and Maila Baker as ...

From left to right: These undated images show Rita Ora and Brandy, who will star in the new "Descendants" movie. Ed Cooke/Tony Bowen It's a big day for "Descendants" fans. First, we have the official ...