Advocates for telling the whole truth of American history are celebrating the legacy of Ona Judge, from her footprints in ...

Some stories have value, even if we as fact-checkers can’t verify their authenticity.

Advocates commemorate the 230th anniversary of Ona Judge's escape from slavery, emphasizing her role in American history ...

Ona Judge was 1 of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia. The city will ...

Watch the full 2026 WBOY Black History Special in the player above. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Thanks to the efforts of an Ohio historian, the story of an escaped slave from Clarksburg in the 1850s is ...

Detail of a Harriet Tubman statute outside the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The statue was on loan in 2024. Our feature OKI Wanna Know dives into a lot of the area's history. This ...

On a chilly night in 1838, James Lindsay Smith’s escape from slavery found him sleeping on cotton bales aboard a steamboat cruising on Long Island Sound. Even so, Smith, then on the cusp of freedom, ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...