Slavery Abolition

Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19 that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Across the country, the day is marked with events and parades.  "As a Nation, we vow to never forget the millions of African-Americans who suffered the e…

This year we celebrate the two-hundredth birthday of Walt Whitman; and by we I mean all of us who take conscious pleasure in speaking American English. Whitman invented a poetry specific to this language and open to the kinds of experience, peculiar to democr…

Today in History Today is Sunday, June 16, the 167th day of 2019. There are 198 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slaver…

Last SlideNext Slide The Charles H. Wright Museums circular center echoed Saturday with a celebration of overcoming and resilience  and a remembrance of a history few are taught. The Juneteenth Jubilee welcomed hundreds at the museum to commemorate June 19,…

OPINION: Television has a way of slapping us in the face by bringing past injustices alive to confront us. This month the Netflix documentary When They See Us was released. It recounts a famous New York City miscarriage of justice that divided the city along …

ATLANTA, June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Atlanta History Center announced today its acquisition of a rare artifact key to the story of the Civil War, the regimental flag of the 127th United States Colored Troops (USCT). The flag is one of fewer than 25 know…

Photo courtesy of Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park in Hilton Head, South Carolina, will host its 19th annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 15, 2019. The food and music festival will include interactive experie…

Over 41 issues, Harriet Beecher Stowes novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published as a serial in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era, the first installment on June 5, 1851. It was first followed by a only small group but its audience steadily grew as the s…

From the Colonial era to the civil rights movement to modern times, music has played a role in stirring Americans to both act and reflect. Historian Jon Meacham and country music star Tim McGraw have traced the history of the U.S. through music in their new …

Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry Article 1, Section 8, of the proposed Constitution had southern slave owners concerned about the future of their economy. Slavery can exist only in the context of a police state, and the enforcement of that po…