If there’s anything unexpected about the depiction of slavery in director Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” it’s the unflinchingly grim imagery that populates its frames. The intent seems ...

As we experience what seems like a rerun of the Cold War—with Russia once again a hostile dictatorship—it may be hard to remember that Russia and the U.S. were once warmly supportive of each ...

Emancipation producer Joey McFarland is issuing an apology after backlash over bringing the photo to the premiere of the enslaved man that inspired the film. “I wholeheartedly apologize to ...

By Abbey White, Carly Thomas Joey McFarland has apologized after sparking controversy for walking the red carpet at the Emancipation premiere with the original photo of an enslaved man known as ...

Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks ...

A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will mark D.C. Emancipation Day on Sunday, April 13. It's free to attend. Grammy winner Anthony Hamilton, NAACP Image Award winner Chanté Moore ...

The Emancipation Of Mimi‘s 20th anniversary is causing a lot of millennials, including myself, to reflect on the album’s impact on our lives and how it shaped many of our adult selves.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. For what we’ve missed over the past 160 years is that the march doubled as the largest emancipation event in American history, the campaign that achieved in ...

Speranza Gonzalez was a runaway — from her mother, from foster homes, from law enforcement — until she met Lakita Williams with Beyond Emancipation, an Oakland-based foster youth program ...

Thousands turned out on Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade commemorating Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people in the District were given their freedom. D.C.’s annual ...

Mariah Carey's Emancipation of Mimi will celebrate a milestone anniversary this weekend, marking 20 years since its April 12, 2005, release. The musician kicked off the party early last year with ...

The National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display. Starting in 2026, the historic document will find a home next to ...