In 1863, Smalls became captain of the Planter, the first Black man to command a United States vessel. He held this position ...

Enjoy the beach at historic Virginia Key Beach Park PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMIANDBEACHES.COM On Sunday, June 15, 2025, from 5:30 to 8:30 am, Miami’s decades-long ...

Historic ties between SC and West Africa run deep. A new travel restriction on Sierra Leone could hinder efforts to honor ...

On July 16 on Paris Hill, internationally acclaimed storyteller Antonio Rocha will present the story of Pedro Tovookan Parris ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

A ‘cultural and political war’ continues in Maryland with reports that the Navy is considering renaming vessels bearing the ...

A mural of the Clotilda adorns a concrete embankment in Africatown, a community near Mobile founded by Africans illegally transported to Alabama aboard the slave ship. Some of their descendants ...

List of Navy vessels to possibly be renamed includes Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman - both who have ties to historic ...

The American Civil War ended 160 years ago with the Union victorious and slavery abolished. But many Bristolians supported ...

There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official ...

The U.S. Navy may rename ships named for prominent civil rights and other American leaders like Harvey Milk, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Harriet Tubman, according to a report from CBS News.

New research has indicated that two ships found in Costa Rica, once thought by archaeologists to be pirate ships, were ...