We are not exactly sure how much of a victory the United Nations’ recognition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” really is, given that the General Assembly ...

In a sweeping encyclical on AI and human dignity, the first U.S.-born pope confronts centuries of Catholic complicity in the ...

The Black History 101 Mobile Museum features tangible artifacts from the trans-Atlantic slave trade through modern cultural ...

Pope Leo XIV must act on the church’s mea culpa by crusading against the racist and bigoted policies of President Donald ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grand Rapids Public Library A special traveling museum will be coming to the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) this month — for ...

When I first moved to America, I made a determined effort to read up on American history. The need to do this — for someone ...

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo was a prince born in modern-day Senegal in the early 1700s. While on a mission to trade slaves, enemies from across the Gambia River kidnapped Diallo, and he himself ended up ...

On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0—a rare show of ...

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In a wide-ranging interview with Crux Now, Kenyan religious sister Leonida Katunge discusses the emotional weight of Leo ...

Federal troops position artillery on Stafford Heights, Va., to shell the town of Fredericksburg and the Confederate forces ...