On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The work of the Amistad Center is at risk after federal funding cuts wiped out 40% of the organization’s $1.5 million budget, ...

1960 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South Africa’s Sandra Reynolds 8-6, 6-0.

The Amistad Research Center, a historical archive with millions of documents, was gutted after federal cuts led to a 40% loss of their budget and layoffs of half of the staff.

John Quincy Adams exemplified the courage and commitment to our founding ideals that made an end to slavery possible.

The son of a King of the Mende (Mendi) tribe in West Africa would lead the most successful revolt on a slave ship during the entire history of the slave trade. The Amistad was captured by the slaves ...

Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama. The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.

When the 160-year-old wreckage of the Clotilda, America’s last known slave ship, was positively identified in the murky waters of the Mobile River in 2019, that was enough for Joycelyn Davis.

Tara Roberts - a diver, storyteller, and NatGeo Explorer - is working to bring these long-lost stories back to the surface.

Now that 'Jaws' is officially fifty years old, it's high time to name the very best of the legendary director's canon of ...