Crowds gathered in Douglass Memorial cemetery June 21 to celebrate Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, with descendants of those buried there recalling family legacies of the ...

It was April 2008. The Pennsylvania primaries were a few days away. Eric Lesser, Herbie Ziskend, and Arun Chaudhary, recent college grads working on Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, realized ...

The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes ...

Nick Cannon is getting candid about his political views. The comedian-producer was joined by model Amber Rose on a recent ...

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the removal of “any or all persons” from military areas on Feb. 19, 1942. Although ...

Nick Cannon let his politics be known on a recent episode of his web talk show “Big Drive” (via TMZ), during which he called ...

Watch Night – or “Freedom's Eve” – celebrates the anniversary of Dec. 31, 1862. It encourages reflection on slavery and freedom, the past year and anticipation of the new year. The Emancipation ...

Historical amnesia can threaten freedom, Rev. Nicole P. Guns and others warned Thursday during an Emancipation Proclamation remembrance ceremony at Gary’s First Baptist Church. The Interfaith Clergy ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — More than 100 people gathered at a Milledgeville church Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic order President Abraham Lincoln ...

Kids were challenged to create a TikTok against vaping and in return, COSA gifted each person with a free ticket to the trampoline park. Watts was nearly 24 weeks pregnant when doctors told her the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — An annual parade in downtown Charleston celebrates the historical meaning behind the first day of each year. Emancipation Day commemorates the anniversary of the Emancipation ...

For many, New Year’s Eve is a night of sparkling lights and resolutions. But for the Black community, the ticking clock has a deeper echo. To understand why we gather in churches on Dec. 31, we must ...