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Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid" at the Gibbes Museum celebrates the abolitionist's heroic military feat.
Singer-songwriter Jayla Elise performed her song “Dorchester Dreams” in front of the Dorchester County Council and attending ...
A mentoring program for Black girls and young women takes participants on a 14-day tour to learn about Black history, the ...
Having a modest discography, Cynthia Erivo makes every single song that she sets her vocal cords to a reminder of her vocal ...
The marker honors the legacy of the Maryland native, standing less than 3 miles away from her birthplace.
In short, the Bay Area buzzed with life. To showcase that same vitality, we started Fogcutter, SFGATE’s weekly column of events. Every week, we send our reporters out into the field to cover local ...
On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read , officially announcing enslaved people were free.
In honor of Juneteenth, BYU invited the surrounding community to gather at the Helaman Fields on June 19 to foster ...
As musical theater fans await Part 2 of the blockbuster Broadway adaptation, the woman behind Elphaba is releasing an album of softer, more intimate soul music.
The Freedom and Unity March in Anacostia followed in the same steps that freed slaves walked 173 years ago across the 11th Street bridge.