Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

A Michigan bear roamed the woods for two years with an awful lid on his neck. Not anymore. Bear caged for 4 years makes first ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Experts say Juneteenth can provide generational healing for Black Americans by acknowledging trauma and celebrating resilience.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let's also acknowledge some ugly truths ...

Alfred J. Anderson played a monumental role in local and state efforts supporting the abolition of slavery on a national ...

The best new play trophy at the Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” while “Maybe Happy Ending” took home the award for best new musical.

By the end of the war, many Black Americans regarded Lincoln as divinely chosen. His 1865 assassination, occurring on Good Friday, only deepened this perception. Both Black and white Americans ...