An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

The stunning vessels from the H. Wilson & Company were forgotten for generations, only to gain new appreciation for the ...

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental ...

Top-down hierarchical design methodology combined with physical ... It bridges the gap between logical and physical design by adding physical reality to the abstract view of the design planning ...

Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the ...

Esi Edugyan’s novels like 'Washington Black' rethink history from the margins. Her powerful storytelling reveals forgotten ...