"The Georgetown 272: The Journey" tells the story of 272 enslaved people sold in New Orleans in 1838 and why it still matters to about 4,000 descendants.

Juneteenth is a very significant holiday for Black people. Observed every June 19, it marks the day in 1865 when Union troops landed in Galveston, Texas, to free the last enslaved Black Americans.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Journey For Change, a local nonprofit, is highlighting the history of the Richmond Slave Trail by releasing a documentary focused on taking people along the trail and reflecting ...

A new documentary explores the 272 enslaved people who were sold to save Georgetown University from financial ruin.

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — There’s no shortage of history in Lancaster ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary. One of the nation’s oldest inland cities, it was once the U.S. capital — for a single ...

Every day is a good day to learn something new, and what better way to learn than by sitting on your couch and watching a movie? The streaming era has been a golden age for catching up on all those ...

In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

The program required that first-year students come to campus having read an assigned text that they would discuss as part of ...

As Labor Day approaches, we should reflect not just on the holiday’s own important history, but also on the much longer fight ...