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UT Austin is honoring Black History Month with a new exhibit showcasing the official documents slaves were given when they were freed, and the legal journey to emancipation.

The story of the Underground Railroad is largely taught in American history as a northern route that slaves used to escape and find their freedom, but a new exhibit at a University of Texas museum is highlighting the untold stories of slaves paths to freedom to Mexico.

A dedication ceremony took place Sunday to recognize a Civil War commemorative statue being relocated after its removal from the Jefferson County Courthouse grounds June 20, 2020.

Whether you celebrate the Fourth of July, Juneteenth, or both, let these books inspire your quest for independence.

Don Lemon Tonight brings in-depth analysis of the days top news stories and Dons take on the stories.

Jessika Ward of Dream Defenders details how black women are fueling the growing appeal of democratic socialism as a political force.

After all the vitriol directed at anyone who said or did anything that could even be remotely construed as racist against black people in the wake of the George Floyd incident, it’s alarming that [...]

A leader of the greater New York chapter of Black Lives Matter has slammed the city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, over his vaccine mandate, which she says is “racist and specifically targets [...]

He had the papers in his pocket signifying when his great-great-great grandfather was freed by lord fairfax of great britain. were talking about 1798. >> thats how justin fairfax got his name. its an amazing piece of american history. to me its even more amazing that those freedom papers would exist in the same family for some 200 years and youre right. justin fairfax is the direct descendant of a freed virginia slave and when he was sworn in he had the papers of his great-great-great grandfathe...

>> lieutenant, not to break in on you. but just an fyi because i covered the trayvon martin case. the dream defenders did a march from -- i believe from talahassee to san ford to protest the fact that police had not arrested the man that shot and killed tray monomartin and the man that shot him was not arrested. the dream defenders were created to protest that. go on. >> they have a rather long manifesto called the freedom papers and there is the freedom pledge. so there is a lot of stuff in the...