HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Exactly 160 years ago on Dec. 18, 1865, the U.S. adopted the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On December 17, 1861 Henry Ruffner died. He was a minister and professor who denounced slavery in ...

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by ...

Ever since Eric Williams published his book Capitalism and Slavery, which demonstrated to those more inclined to weigh ...

For 111 years, Virginia’s representation in the U.S. Capitol was a bronze Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general who fought to ...

Barbara Rose Johns led a high school walkout that contributed to Brown v. Board of Education. She later graduated from Drexel ...

A statue of Barbara Johns now stands alongside George Washington representing Virginia the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

A teenage Virginia Civil Rights pioneer is now memorialized inside the United States Capitol. A statue of Barbara Rose Johns ...

On Wednesday, the Planning Commission heard a request from Nimmo United Methodist Church to be removed from the Nimmo Church Historical and Cultural District. The church’s removal would ...

Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue ...

According to the North Pole Flight Command, Santa targets arrival between midnight and 4 a.m. on Christmas. On average, he ...

Teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns is known for leading a student walkout at her high school during the ’50s. The walkout was meant to be a protest against the racial segregation at public ...