For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum of History.

Leaders in maritime heritage, arts and social justice gathered Saturday at Washington College for the annual Frederick ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

Benjamin Quarles, a celebrated historian at Morgan State University, faced an uphill battle to chronicle the Black experience ...

African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

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

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.