As early as the 1650s, enslaved Africans escaped into the American wilderness to form their own separate communities -- a New World adaptation of an African form of resistance. These maroons (or ...

The spirit of liberty and the disruptions of the Revolutionary era encouraged African American men and women to choose sides -- both Patriot and Loyalist -- and fight to define what this nation ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Lesyslie Rackard says that through her quilts, she was able to pay tribute to George Floyd in 2020 — despite being stuck in her home.

I’m always fascinated to learn about women in history who were able to make a better life for themselves and those around ...

Dinah is a relatively unknown African American figure who saved the home from being burned down by British soldiers during the Revolutionary War ... an enslaved Black woman in Philadelphia.