In December 2022, I was removed from my role as dean of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston. The termination of my dean role was the result of my abolitionist views and my ...

The abolitionist movement of the 19th century helped galvanize the US against slavery. The abolitionist movement of the 19th century helped galvanize the country against slavery and made the civil war ...

The 1831 painting by British artist Emma Jones centers two Black girls as its sole subjects—at the time, an extraordinary and radical act in European painting ...

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their ...

After 200 years, the nation’s first abolitionist newspaper is returning–and it couldn’t have come back at a better time. In an unfortunate way, what is old often becomes new again when considering the ...

Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. In a ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State ...

Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, igniting a ...

Wonder Land: Teaching "systemic racism" was imposed on students, until politics pushed back. Images: AP/Everett Collection Composite: Mark Kelly Start with a towering figure who contributed ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Jonesborough is home to the first publication dedicated to the abolitionist movement named “The Emancipator.” It called for the freeing of slaves decades before the ...

Editor’s Note: Over the four weeks of Advent, alongside the release of season three of “Hark!,” our podcast about the meaning and making of our favorite Christmas carols, America staff will also share ...

Frederick Douglass made his first visit to Syracuse on July 30, 1843. Just short of five years since he escaped his enslavement in Baltimore, Maryland, Douglass was a rising star in the burgeoning ...