After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery ...

Three additional renowned Lincoln authors and historians will highlight the free Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium the following ...

Before Juneteenth, there was Emancipation Day. This past Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 was the 163rd anniversary of an historical Presidential Executive Order that changed the tenor of the Civil War, ...

Black History Alliance and New Life United Methodist Church will host a Day of Remembrance commemorating the day the Emancipation Proclamation which freed enslaved Africans the United States of in ...

Parishioners at Russell Temple Methodist Church in Bridgeport observed the 163rd anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Donald Trump changes his mind on tariffs again Rob Gronkowski reveals ...

After two terms in office, the Dallas County Sheriff is making a major announcement about his future. After 34-years on the job, Auburn’s Chief of Police Cedric Anderson will retire at the end of ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A Tuscaloosa church stepped back in time and celebrated a pivotal moment in American history. The Tuscaloosa Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance celebrated the ...

American singer, songwriter, and actress Dolly Parton is celebrating her 80th birthday on January 19. The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office has released body-worn camera footage from deputies who were ...

(WHSV) - Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save the Union and “declared ‘that all persons held as slaves’ within ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...