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The 28th Regiment Colored Troops became part of the Union troops that traveled down to Galveston, Texas to free enslaved Black people.

The first Black superintendent of the Chattanooga National Cemetery wasnt appointed in the post-civil rights era as a progressive symbol, or even any time in the last 50 years.

The Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County's renowned classical summer theater, has announced their 27th season, from June 30th through August 20. Productions include David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, A Palo Seco Flamenco Dance Company, and more.

Those dedicated to reckoning with our nation's history but unable to devote the considerable time, stamina, and energy it's dedicated pursuit deserves, owe a

The course Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories brings together a community of scholars to discover, recover, and maintain Baltimore's Black cemeteries

The men of the 135th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment got their due this week with the unveiling of a Civil War Trails marker in downtown Goldsboro, N.C.

BALDWYN – By summer, a marble monument will be installed on Holland Ridge to honor the Black soldiers whose courage prevented the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads from being a complete

Local news from StateCollege.com and Centre County Partners. Read about Black History Project Uncovering Centre County Stories and more from the State College, PA region

The so-called war between the states had its origins in the importation and exploitation of African enslaved labor into the British colonies and the latter United States African American History Month Series No. 1 By 1860, the dominant industry within southern agriculture was cotton production which utilized the unpaid labor…

Sites commemorating the Underground Railroad and Indigenous American history exist throughout North America. Have you visited one yet?