PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Black History Month starts this weekend, but its origins are more than 100 years old. Here's why it's always celebrated in ...

Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

Famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered ... the son of President Abraham Lincoln (“the Great Emancipator"), was president of the Pullman Palace Car Co. when he moved to southern Vermont ...

Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At first glance it ...

In recognition of Black History Month in February, MassLive asked readers to nominate Black leaders doing important work across the state. The origins of Black History Month can be traced back to 1915 ...

Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations [sic] budget, even if it’s a penny at a time.” While many Americans may ...

Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...