Records show Wes was found at the home of his alleged lover by her husband and managed to escape. He was turned over to the ...

According to the Columbus State University archives, by 1860, 37% of the city’s population was enslaved. Several slaves are buried in The Porterdale Cemetery located on the corner of 10th Ave. and ...

The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

These are folks that had hopes and dreams and lives and children," Lazenby explained. "And these folks, they really built ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...

For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

At Fort Campbell, books are being taken off school library shelves containing references to slavery; the Civil Rights ...

Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced singer of such hits as “Unforgettable," was born in Montgomery, Ala. How much do you know ...

Today, the Senate passed three bills establishing new crimes and requirements for people unlawfully in the US.

A former youth player in Scotland and trusted coach to former Wolves boss Nuno is making a big impression in Portugal.