In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.

This affluent Birmingham suburb is one of the most well-known, it’s always in the best places to live rankings and it is ...

Meet the women who defied the odds, pushed boundaries and paved the way for generations to come. Harriet Tubman. Rosa Parks. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Simone Biles. These are just a handful of the many ...

THERE are still some spaces for actors to be part of a brand new play about the incredible life of St Francis of Assisi in south Birmingham. And the dates of rehearsals and the two performances have ...

The Black historian Carter G. Woodson — who dedicated his career to the study of Black life and history — responded 100 years ago to the fact that the achievements of Black men and women were not part ...

In so many spaces, celebrating Black History History month means learning a few fun facts about famous African Americans. But Black History Month was designed to be much more radical — it was an ...

Shaun Davies, MP for Telford, has visited a programme that provides veterans in Telford with the opportunity to learn traditional woodwork skills while supporting their transition back into civilian ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Housing assosiation Alliance Homes wants to build 36 homes on the site of Hillsborough House in Weston-super-Mare A tower block is set to be demolished in the spring to make way for affordable housing ...

A tower block is set to be demolished in the spring to make way for affordable housing. Hillsborough House, a block of 28 flats in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, was built as social housing in ...

Throughout his career, historian Carter G. Woodson, AB’1908, AM’1908, worked to change how Americans thought about Black history. The University of Chicago alum began that mission when, in February ...