A crew of inmate firefighters begins to work on containment during the Hughes Fire in Castaic, Calif., on Jan. 22, 2025. A crew of inmate firefighters begins to work on containment during the Hughes ...

Removing a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia revives a 250-year-old American debate.

PHILADELPHIA — For some, the removal of exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site at Independence National ...

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

The history we learned in school often painted enslavement as a system people endured passively, waiting for abolition to ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and ...

Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

The exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia explored George Washington's involvement in slavery ...

Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia‘s Independence National Historical ...