Long before it was an axis for Washington DC's black elite, in the 1800s, Prince George's County was once known to house the most enslaved African Americans in all of Maryland, says Susan Pearl, a ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure their freedom. Nesbit was born in Carlisle ...

Walker's African American Museum is reportedly excluded from Nevada's new Hundred Plan in Action, but she plans to reopen ...

The term “Buffalo Soldiers” was a nickname given to African American Soldiers who served in the United States Army in the west after the civil war. They were the topic of discussion today for Pocomoke ...

In honor of Women’s History Month we’re highlighting women who have made changes in the past and present, and surprisingly, two local Black women found freedom through farming. African Americans in ...

The hundreds of thousands of African Americans who served in the U.S. Army during World War I and returned home as heroes soon faced many more battles over their equality in American society. While ...

MILLCREEK, Utah — Robert Burch wants to set the record straight about African American men who served in the US military in the late 1800s. “Because we want to recognize and celebrate these ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Young Men's Christian Association, better known as the YMCA, has existed in the U.S. since the late 1800s. The first YMCA that allowed African Americans opened on 12th ...