The first documented Africans to arrive in the English-speaking colony of what would become Virginia, arrived in August 1619 on the “White Lion,” a Dutch man-of-war ship carrying enslaved cargo ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

In 1979, UNESCO named Elmina Castle a World Heritage Site for its central role in the transatlantic slave trade. Because of ...

This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, ...

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

Fairfax City’s Juneteenth celebration, held June 14 in Old Town Square, included food and crafts vendors, children’s ...

One of the best ways to observe the holiday is by listening — really listening. The post 12 Audiobooks To Read This Juneteenth To Honor Black American Stories first appeared on Her Campus.

When censorship is recast as patriotism, when truth-seeking becomes a liability, we lose more than academic freedom. We lose ...

The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...

Slavery Wasn’t Simply ‘Capitalism Run Amok’ Take away its legal sanction and subsidy, and the institution’s entire economic edifice crumbles. Share Resize ...

How DEI grew from civil rights struggles to corporate trend. A look at 100 years of effort, from Wilson to Biden, and why ...