The son of a merchant sailing master, William Lloyd Garrison was born in ... When he was 25, Garrison joined the Abolition movement. He became associated with the American Colonization Society ...

In 1865, at the close of the Civil War, and after fighting against the institution for over 35 years, William Lloyd Garrison announced that "my vocation as an abolitionist is ended" -- a move for ...

Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, historian, author, and Wellesley College professor, will focus on the history of black resistance ...

The hidden story of the U.S. Navy’s first Black commissioned officer spans five decades, three continents, two world wars, ...

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college ...

In 1831, a coalition of Black leaders and white abolitionists proposed the nation's first African American college in New Haven, Connecticut, in an attempt to open a door to education that was largely ...