23+ hour, 36+ min ago  (148+ words) Read South Carolina and Georgia have more in common than peaches by Tom Baxter for Saporta Report here....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (264+ words) Editor's note: This article appeared in the Armenian Weekly's March 2026 special magazine issue, "America at 250: An Armenian American Retrospective," guest edited by former Weekly editor Dr. Khatchig Mouradian and dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence and the history…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (225+ words) A historical reenactor from History Alive portrays Sarah Parker Remond " a 19th-century abolitionist, physician and lecturer who was born in Salem " as she delivers a keynote address during Salem's Juneteenth Jam. Festivities were held at Charlotte Forten Park on Derby…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (574+ words) Connecticut once held the largest enslaved population in New England. A'state census'reveals that 5, 098 of Connecticut's residents were enslaved in 1774. The state's enslaved population was greater than that of any other New England colony before the Revolutionary War, according to Michael…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (394+ words) Ghana is set to receive approximately 2, 000 looted artefacts and culturally significant items from the governments of the Netherlands and Germany, in what officials have described as a major milestone in global restitution efforts. The announcement was made during the Next…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (532+ words) The D'a de los Negros explainer covers a little-known tradition in Coahuila, Mexico, where descendants of enslaved people who fled What is D'a de los Negros? The Juneteenth celebration that Black Seminole descendants have kept alive in Mexico for over…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1065+ words) Matt Stone is an independent journalist and author based in Northern California. His work examines culture, memory, and the moral weight of everyday life through a clear, grounded lens. Stone's writing currently consists of fiction and poetry, often exploring the…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (628+ words) As Massachusetts entered the 19th century, it was becoming a global economic powerhouse, and Lowell was helping lead the charge. Driven by cotton textiles, the commonwealth's entrepreneurs controlled nearly a quarter of the new nation's cotton cloth production. By 1830, wealthy investors…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1398+ words) Mississippi is known for a lot of things and is significant in many ways. At different times, it was claimed by Spain, France and England before it became a part of the United States. The city of Vicksburg was the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (344+ words) During his life, Franklin had many careers. .. In his later years he became vocal as an abolitionist and in 1787 began to serve as President of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The Society was originally formed in…...