Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 18—EDITOR'S NOTE — First in a series. ALBANY — I don't consider myself particularly "woke" in the modern vernacular, but I ...

Such efforts raise questions about whether students in the U.S. will ever be able to engage in free and meaningful discussions about the history of slavery in America and the effect it had on the ...

Throughout the South, people can visit plantations and other destinations tied to slavery, but the connections aren’t always clear. They can be in surprising places and look nothing like expected.

Home in slavery -- Demarcating home and labor : Montpelier Plantation, Virginia -- Concealing for privacy and protection : Stagville Plantation, North Carolina -- Rooting one's people : Chatham ...

This story originally appeared in Jacobin on Dec. 05, 2023. It is shared here with permission. It’s 1935 and class war is brewing in Arkansas. Standing before 1,500 black and white sharecroppers, the ...

A South Carolina plantation bursts with history, wildlife and meaning for Harry and Jane Gregorie and their seven adult children, who own the nearly 1,000 acre property. ANDREW SHERMAN FOR THE WALL ...