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African American history

“Some people don’t want that part of history told because it makes them or their ancestors look bad,...

The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed of African-American (colored) soldiers;...

On July 13, 1863, anti-draft violence erupted in New York City, resulting in four days of bloodshed, arson, looting, and mayhem. The New York City Draft Riot, with an official death...

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

Will and William West were doppelgangers who shared the same name and were both sentenced to jail at...

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

The Soledad Brothers—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgoole, and John Clutchette—were three African-American men accused of murdering a Euro-American prison...