How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

To be “antiracist,” the modish catchall term within their peer group that had replaced colorblindness, meant, paradoxically ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

Our art critic visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum to get a closer look at the Trump administration’s attack on DC ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Oops! The planned National Garden of American Heroes accidentally serves to highlight the importance of welcoming ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

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Explore America's rich history in North Carolina with stops at Historic Bath, Somerset Place, Edenton, and more. A journey ...

"Bringing this new legacy to one of our region's most visible traveled spaces will help us to honor Douglass' legacy and ...