Americans have celebrated Black History Month each February. This week, explore the history of Ripon’s early African-American ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...