In December 1909, the Fisk University Jubilee Quartet, continuing the legacy of the original 1870s Fisk Jubilee Singers, ...

The Augusta Heritage Center and Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area will host Tennessee folk singer and social activist ...

Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson came face to face at the 2025 Golden Globes when Diesel took the stage to present the prize for ...

When she was a young child and taking too long to get ready for school, family get-togethers or to sing in the church choir, ...

Slavery is perhaps one of the oldest profit making endeavors in human history and the Irish were a special target for a thousand years, persecuted by one faction or another, to include enslavement and ...

Sisters Alana, Danielle, and Este Haim bring a solemn beauty to the song, which Cohen originally released in 1984. The songwriter was said to have been inspired by an old prayer about surrendering ...

But not exactly the same: Slaves were assigned the worst jobs. “Owners needed a return on their investments. A slave was provided with food, clothing, and shelter," says Sigurðsson. The Old Norse poem ...

Oscar voting started Jan. 8 and continues to Jan. 14 (extended two days because of the devastating California wildfires), and ...

Jumoke Emery’s path to rethinking the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery started in a Colorado jail cell. It was 2014, and the then-27-year-old community organizer had just returned home from ...

Before leaving office, Gov. Mike Parson decided to posthumously pardon a 19-year-old slave. Celia Newsome was executed for killing her slave master after he sexually abused her. Celia's ...

Records released in 1985 by U.K. artists such as the Cult, the Smiths, the Cure and others are marking a milestone.

Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of ...