In the United States, freedom has never been free. For Black Americans, in particular, the price of freedom has been immense, paid through generations of impossible decisions and forced compromises ...

I. What is slavery? ---- II. A history of transatlantic slavery. 1. African pasts --- 2. Why Africans? --- 3. Why slavery? --- 4. Operation of the slave trade ---- III. Liverpool: Capital of the ...

Langston Hughes, my favorite writer, wrote a poem in 1926, when he was 25 years old. It declared, with a mix of substantial sadness and delicate defiance, "I, too, am America." Born in the long ...

The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great Britain (1784) -- An inquiry into the effects of putting a ...

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs Reporting from Washington President ...

Trump confirmed White House lawyers will "go through the Museums." President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed the White House is conducting a review of the Smithsonian museums and expressed ...

Billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk, who issued a scathing rebuke of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the House Republicans who voted for it, is sounding the alarm about America's profligate ...