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African American history

Three captive women were among the approximately 155 people accused of witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials...

In the firelit streets, captive Africans move as one—armed, resolute, and unbowed—turning a city built on their bondage...

The Soledad Brothers—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgoole, and John Clutchette—were three African-American men accused of murdering a Euro-American prison guard at California’s Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970. Authorities claimed the murder...