One common condition required the enslaved person to live with their master until the master's death—meaning they only truly gained freedom after their owner passed away.

A new report shows the state's 71 school districts lose millions a year due to tax abatements such as allowing businesses to pay a lower annual fee rather than normal property taxes.

On a crisp autumn morning in 1908, an elegantly dressed African American man strode back and forth among the pin oaks, magnolias and silver maples of O’Fallon Park in St. Louis, Missouri. After ...

The oystermen knew Sandy Ground was a safe haven for them to have the freedom to work, learn and worship where it would not ...

Black History Month Anderson locations to see, the Church Street Heritage Plaza in downtown Anderson, with storyboards and ...

The so-called “stateless people,” who originally migrated from northern India to Europe in the 14th century, are today ...

As more teachers begin to use generative AI in the classroom, the nonprofit organization wants the state to give them guidelines on how to use it.

Local author Thomas Kohnstamm's new book, "Supersonic," is an intergenerational story that takes place in Seattle in the 19th ...

Prohibiting homeschooling parents from using parish facilities can make it more difficult for them to provide a comprehensive Catholic education.

CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how three teens at a high school in Iowa jumped into action to help save a man they ...