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 ...

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

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

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.

On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...

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 ...

A new report from the Commonwealth Institute released on Wednesday reveals how Virginia’s history of racialized laws has ...

While most Americans are preparing for the winter holidays and happy family reunions, millions of our immigrant neighbors are ...