The city’s early history was inextricably linked to slavery through its many cotton mills where young women from rural New ...

South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright ...

It is important not to forget the "atrocities the British Empire was involved in," a playwright has said as her debut hit ...

The sun wasn't up yet when a dozen people began to gather on Wednesday at an all-Black cemetery in this South Texas border ...

At the top of a tree-covered hill off South Pifer Road, a little known but significant piece of history lies hidden beneath ...

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She said she was drawn to South Texas after reading an article about the Underground Railroad and a cemetery that holds the remains of a family that helped slaves cross from what is now Pharr ...

A record number of potential modern slavery victims were referred to South Yorkshire Police for investigation last year, new ...

was a renowned bridge builder and architect in the American South during the 19th century. King was known for his ...

"The common ground that public education has represented throughout this nation’s history is eroding underneath our feet." The campaign to end America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy and to ...

With Hegseth, there's a direct line from his bigoted religious beliefs to his bigoted writings to his bigoted behavior in office. "Slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the ...

In 1862, the South Carolina native was serving as a wheelman aboard a Confederate steamer called the Planter. When the white ...