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The well-loved architectural feature is a staple of the American South, but its roots can be traced to Africa.

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

A progressive polemicist relies on predictable tropes to castigate Israel’s conduct in its war in Gaza following the attacks ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits.

While playing “Work the Polls” on “WWHL,” Newman was asked whether athletes made “good” hosts on “Saturday Night Live.” ...

Mario Tama / Getty Images Slavery reparations are restitution payments for slavery remitted to the descendants of enslaved people. In theory, American slavery reparations would be paid by entities ...

Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for ...

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Organizations and communities across the nation are celebrating Black History Month, not just to celebrate Black history, to ...