A: Black and white abolitionists often had different agendas by the 1840s, and certainly in the 1850s. But one of the greatest frustrations that many black abolitionists faced was the racism they ...

FITCHBURG — One local artist is giving back to the greater community in a profound way through a vivid and powerful mural creation at Abolitionist Park. The work of Digi Chivetta is prominently on ...

Patrisse Cullors wants us to do better—by ourselves, of course, but most importantly by one another. Cullors is known for her revolutionary activism as the co-founder of Black Lives Matter and leading ...

Just last year, the city planned to raze some Duffield Street houses that may have been part of the underground railroad. Now, a piece of that street is co-named “Abolitionist Place,” and “a ...

On New Year’s Day 1831, a youthful New England newspaperman with a political bent launched his latest venture in social reform, promising a new era in American abolitionism. In the first issue of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A rezoning project underway ...

Howard Zinn’s book on SNCC was written in 1964. Yet, here I am writing a review in 2025, a good 60 years later. It feels appropriate to do so. There is of course the usual wisdom about paying ...

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their ...

This April 10, 2018 image released by Arizona State University shows ASU professor Devoney Looser at her home in Phoenix, Ariz. Looser unearthed Rev. Henry Thomas Austen’s attendance at the 1840 World ...

From Minneapolis to Manhattan, the encampments now spreading across college campuses are built on the same principles as abolitionist spaces like George Floyd Square. Ad Policy On April 29, a few ...

Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams has repeatedly stated that she does not support defunding the police, but her involvement with multiple left-wing groups and individuals that ...