On April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and five-term U.S. Congressman, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to his enslaved mother, Lydia Polite. In 1851, Smalls moved to the Charleston ...

Schanke's love of history, coupled with her literary background, has come together to produce "Freedom At Dawn: Robert Smalls's Voyage Out of Slavery." The book will be available wherever books ...

ScreenRant interviews the producers of Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls, a comic series about an incredible real-life figure, at WonderCon 2025. For now, Pentagon and DHS won’t recommend that ...

Robert Smalls, memorialized in a bust at Beaufort’s Tabernacle Baptist Church, was sent to work in Charleston at age 12 after he started defying the strictures of slavery. Lisa Elmaleh In May ...

Portsmouth City Council voted to table a controversial resolution that would declare the Portsmouth a sanctuary city for the LGBT community. Councilman Sean Dunne is sponsoring the resolution ...

Making connections and building a support network are the strategies that will be laid out, according to CfA LGBT board chair Robert Emery. And building a support system is something everyone in ...

All Smalls Sliders restaurants are built into orange-colored shipping containers. The McKinney restaurant is the second in Texas and the first in Dallas-Fort Worth. It opens April 21, 2025.( ...

At issue is whether Montgomery County Public Schools violated the Constitution by requiring elementary school children to sit through LGBT-themed story time without notifying parents or letting ...

The late Pope Francis sought to make the Catholic Church more welcoming to transgender and LGBTQ people, often causing stir among traditional conservative Catholics, even as he remained a staunch ...

Smalls Sliders — a hamburger slider chain backed by former New Orleans Saints player Drew Brees — is unveiling its first spot in the metro. The Atlanta-based brand is celebrating the grand ...

Smalls Sliders has appointed seasoned restaurant and hospitality executive Charles Watson as its new Chief Executive Officer. In his new role, Watson will prioritize franchisee success while ...