John Brown was more than an abolitionist, he was also an egalitarian. A May 9 birthday celebration, hosted by the Torrington Historical Society and the Workman Memorial African Methodist Episcopal ...

Two of them—John Kagi, vice president of Brown's provisional government, and Lewis Leary, an African-American—were shot dead in the water. The black Oberlin student, John Copeland, reached a ...

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

As a youth activist in the civil rights movement, Brown organized alongside icons like King, activist Medgar Evers and ...

John Brown Lives! honors local activists at its annual event, set for tomorrow afternoon at the John Brown Farm State ...

Efforts to take the focus off the nation’s racial past in compliance with President Trump’s wishes face resistance from those ...

SI explained that in a statment it released Monday. The Smithsonian also refuted claims in a report by Black Press USA, which ...

Brown organized alongside icons like King, activist Medgar Evers and congressman John Lewis. He criticized the institution for “operating in secrecy” about the changes at the African American ...