A Texas couple is facing a handful of charges for keeping a Nigerian nanny locked in their home without pay for over two years. The nanny, whose identity has not been revealed, was hired under false pretenses by Sandra and Chudy Nsobundu in September 2013. She was promised $100 every month as salary to clean their Houston area home […]

It may turn out to be the most interesting time of my life. I was just offered a guest spot on MTV2’s Uncommon Sense on the same day I was scheduled to visit the set of one of the most interesting shows coming to television, Underground, a program about a group of runaway slaves being filmed in […]

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The announcement comes after Scholastic attempted to defend "A Birthday Cake For George Washington."

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The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 to help foment wealth-building for nearly four million newly freed slaves. It closed in 1874.

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Cromartie already has 10 children with different women.

Less than ideal working conditions have long plagued many countries around the world.

Jurnee Smollett Bell, Aldis Hodge, and Chris Meloni are set to premiere "Underground," which hits TV screens in early 2016 on WGN.

The former employee claims he was hit with frying pans and beat with belts during the end of his nearly two-decade-long employment by the family.

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'A Fine Dessert' is the latest children's book to be praised for its "good intentions" while dropping the ball on the truth.

Carson hurled his latest attack against Blacks and abortion during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he compared women who terminate their pregnancies to "slave owners."

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One of Black history's most poignant heroes is finally getting justice after he was tried as a criminal for freeing slaves as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.