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The grave of the remarkable Nancy Adams today.
cemeteries

The Grave of Nancy Adams, Who Thrice Escaped Slavery, Is Now a Symbol of Freedom

It has been designated as part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Sabrina Imbler November 26, 2019
First Lady Grace Coolidge in 1926 with what was meant to be dinner.
food

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.
Luke Fater November 26, 2019
Primate specimens at London's Grant Museum of Zoology.
natural history museums

In London, Natural History Museums Confront Their Colonial Histories

It's not as easy as returning stolen statues.
Sabrina Imbler October 14, 2019
Deusdete Fonseca, a member of the Quilombo do Barranco de São Benedito, in 2014.
slavery

An Urban Amazon Community Sheds Light on Brazil's Forgotten Black History

Its residents, descendants of enslaved people, have been fighting to overcome invisibility.
Ignacio Amigo September 17, 2019
The statue.
Yanga, Mexico

'El Yanga'

A statue of the formerly enslaved person considered "the first liberator of the Americas" stands in the town named after him.
Photograph of Colonel John Ashley House, Sheffield, Massachusetts.
Sheffield, Massachusetts

Ashley House

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.
A monument commemorates the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island.
Manteo, North Carolina

Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.
Permanently Closed
Edgard, Louisiana

Evergreen Plantation

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.
The Truesdell house in August 2018, sandwiched between a high-rise hotel and a lot that will become a park.
preservation

The Last Stand of Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad

A rowhouse with a storied history is facing demolition.
Isaac Schultz July 23, 2019
Octagon Hall.
Franklin, Kentucky

Octagon Hall Civil War Museum

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.
African Burial Ground Memorial
New York, New York

African Burial Ground National Monument

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
James Boudreaux under his mirliton trellis.
farms

After Hurricane Katrina, Home Gardeners Saved New Orleans' Iconic Squash

The Louisiana mirliton has survived revolution, industrial competition, and floods.
Reina Gattuso June 7, 2019
Bartow, Florida

Grave of 'America's Oldest Man'

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?
Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries.
St. Augustine, Florida

Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.
Halle (Saale), Germany

Anton Wilhelm Amo Monument

The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.
The dehumanization begins as slaves were inspected before boarding slave vessels.
ships

Found: The Last Survivor of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Research has placed a new name in a special place on the list of 'Clotilda' survivors.
Jonathan Carey April 4, 2019
An image of the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter sit-in illuminates the cafe interior.
Washington, D.C.

Sweet Home Cafe

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
One of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos.
taxidermy

The Extraordinary Life of the Freed Slave Who Taught Darwin Taxidermy

John Edmonstone was a mentor to the budding teenage naturalist.
Sabrina Imbler March 25, 2019