Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

Once she graduated high school, Bowling went on to South Carolina State University where she received her journalism degree.

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the world’s largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It’s one of the most visited museums in the United States, ...

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a must-have for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era and some Cincinnati businesses contributed to it.

The book’s title, In the Light of Dawn, references the Dawn Settlement, a hopeful name given to a community founded largely ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe inspired generations of literary activists, but she left behind a complex legacy. This hour, The Stowe Center joins us to talk about the past and future of literary activism. ...

Hartford has been built on innovation for more than 300 years—innovation in arts and literature, innovation in governing, ...

VT-108 in Stowe is now open to all traffic between Notchbrook Road and the Stowe Mountain Resort on Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into an underground propane tank, causing a hazardous ...

ITV producers have watched the drama unfolding in the Love Island All Stars villa, and decided they want to throw in a grenade, in the shape of Harriet Blackmore. She and Ronnie Vint, who is ...

From William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect to Harriet Beecher Stowe and the New England Congregationalists, supernatural encounters with the awakening glory of God led to new pursuit of justice ...

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