Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

Pickett's Charge was a suicidal Confederate attack during the Civil War's infamous Battle of Gettysburg, that arguably was the turning point that led to the Union's victory.

Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...

This is the 23rd in a series of in-depth stories based on the findings of the City of Frankfort’s African American Historic Context Report, which was funded in ...

In honor of Black History Month, the Boston Globe took a look at the hundreds of Green Book locations throughout New England.