1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (206+ words) Re “Rediscovering young family’s past” (The Sunday Break, Sept. 6): Kudos on the coverage of the African Landing monument at Fort Monroe; it’s great that this vital part of our history is emerging into the prominence it deserves. Bob Killebrew, Newport…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (391+ words) ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos The enslaved people who built America "GMA" shares an exclusive report from ABC News in collaboration with the 10 Million Names Project on the hidden history of the White House and a historic…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (317+ words) Discover key mid-September milestones in Affrilachian history: pioneer lawyer J. R. Clifford, jazz legend Chu Berry, and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presented by The West Virginia Humanities Council The following events happened on these dates in Affrilachian history. To learn more,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (693+ words) By Michael J. Reitz This article originally appeared in The Detroit News July 7, 2026. As we celebrate America’s 250 years, consider the story of William Quincy Atwood, who was born into slavery but died as one of Saginaw’s wealthiest businessmen. Atwood was born…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (153+ words) The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg has reached its 741st week. The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, launched in Strasbourg, France, on 25 June 2012, to demand the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, has reached its 741st week. The vigil, which has continued uninterrupted…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (508+ words) A child forced into modern slavery at age ten. Discover Daniel's powerful rescue story and how IJM is fighting to free others like him....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1500+ words) The Attica rebellion was never just about prison reform, because the rebels understood that the prison is the most intense expression of a system of imperialist domination that operates at every scale. 55 years ago today, and three weeks after the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (380+ words) Consider the symbolism of a map. On September 4, 2026, the United States stood alone in opposing a United Nations resolution supporting the Equal Earth projection, which more accurately represents continents’ relative sizes. Africa is roughly 14 times larger than Greenland, despite the…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (177+ words) The Salem Historical Society will hold its next membership meeting at 7 p.m. tonight featuring historical re-enactor Eddie Murphy presenting "Sojourner Truth, American Abolitionist." Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree around 1797, escaped slavery in 1826 and became a prominent abolitionist, women's rights advocate and…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Appearing before the newly unveiled Isaac Mason marker, Director of the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College Adam Goodheart and Washington College Alumni Kathy Thornton, who was instrumental with research. Dozens of community members…...