On Oct. 21, 2025, the 190th anniversary of founding the NY State Anti-Slavery Society in Utica, Hope Chapel A.M.E. Zion ...

On October 21, 2025, nearly two centuries after a mob violently disrupted a historic anti-slavery convention in Utica, ...

A: Black and white abolitionists often had different agendas by the 1840s, and certainly in the 1850s. But one of the greatest frustrations that many black abolitionists faced was the racism they ...

A leader in the abolitionist movement, Douglass gave one commencement address in his lifetime. That was in Hudson, Ohio where students are bringing it to life again.

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Jonesborough is home to the first publication dedicated to the abolitionist movement named “The Emancipator.” It called for the freeing of slaves decades before the ...

During post-election debriefs, political pundits, journalists, and analysts theorized and attempted to dissect why the midterms went “surprisingly” well for Democrats in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Luzerne County Community College held its 33rd annual Pennsylvania History Conference on Monday. The conference’s theme this ...

With Independence Day coming and all the trappings of July 4th-related festivities in full swing and continuing over the next two days (including the hot dogs and concerts and flag-waving and ...

Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, ...

From Minneapolis to Manhattan, the encampments now spreading across college campuses are built on the same principles as abolitionist spaces like George Floyd Square. Ad Policy On April 29, a few ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against ...