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 ...

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 ...

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

African kingdoms actively participated in and profited from the slave trade.Barbary pirates enslaved over a million Europeans in Mediterranean raids.

The state-owned traffic triangle at the intersection of America's Cup and Upper Thames Street is planned to house the ...