African Americans were faced with a dilemma at the start of the American Revolution. The British were offering freedom to enslaved men who joined their army. The Continental Army was making no such ...

James Forten was nine years old when the Declaration of Independence was read aloud just blocks from his house. He was born free in 1766, yet “All men are created equal” still did not apply to people ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: What founding document said the American ...

Xenobia Bailey, "Still Life Photo Dedicated to all the Babies Born During the Covid-19 Pandemic," hand-crocheted black hole, African-American manufactured doll, handmade miniature wicker chair (all ...

Kesha L. Grant, illus. by Anastasia Magloire Williams. Lee & Low, $21.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-643-79579-9 Via a forthright narrative set around the Revolutionary War, Grant and Magloire Williams recount ...

Less than a decade ago, Forten remained a footnote in books on U.S. and African-American history. This new critical biography, the first serious work on his life and legacy, not only restores him to ...

The Fortens were one of the most prominent black families in Philadelphia. Wealthy sailmaker James Forten and his wife Charlotte Vandine Forten headed the family; their daughters were Margaretta (c.

He was born in colonial Philadelphia in 1766 and fought for freedom all his life — yet James Forten is not remembered as one of America's founding fathers. The Museum of the American Revolution seeks ...

The fight for racial equity has existed in the U.S. and Philadelphia since their inception. Before the protests and calls to defund the police of today, there were the abolitionists — including James ...

A new donation to the Museum of the American Revolution has a wealth of genealogical information about one of the most significant African American families in Philadelphia's history. Atwood "Kip" ...