THE USS CONSTELLATION IS A FIXTURE IN BALTIMORE’S INNER HARBOR. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PASS BY IT EVERY DAY. MOST HAVE NO IDEA THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN ENDING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. IN TERMS OF THE ...

The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the ...

ATLANTA, GA, USA, July 24, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The mission of the African Diaspora Collective (ADC) is to leverage the skills, expertise, and networks of the ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Eighty-five years to the day that his grandmother passed away, John Crear is remembering her legacy. Her name was Matilda McCrear, and she was the last known survivor of the ...

Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.

The number is as staggering as it is undeniable. A minute fraction of the harms of the trans-Atlantic slave crimes is ...

Kwesi Essel-Blankson, author of “Our Story: Cape Coast Castle & The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade." The author (left) has been a tour guide at the Cape Coast Castle for over 20 years. In 2009, he led a ...

Upon entering The Bell Gallery, viewers are immersed in a jumble of sound and sight as sculptures fight for their attention. A decomposing pineapple, giant metal sheets, multicolored citrus fruits and ...

25 March 2018 - Honouring those who suffered the brutalities of the Transatlantic slave trade, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the International Day set aside to remember this ...

President John Mahama has declared that Ghana will not forget, excuse or downplay the horrors of slavery, as the country prepares to push a United Nations motion to recognise the transatlantic slave ...

Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts ...

MACON, Ga. — A piece of history and heart came to life in Macon this weekend as a celebrated local artist used fabric, color, and storytelling to honor the millions who were lost during the ...