A new headstone now marks the final resting place of Stephen and Harriet Myers at the Albany Rural Cemetery. The couple operated one of the busiest Underground Railroad safe houses in the nation on ...

Quick: What is Harriet Tubman's most famous quote? You may think it's this one: “I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”—except that quote has ...

When Georg Sheets was writing his comprehensive York County history, he knew that some in the community did not want him to talk about three topics. To Sheets' credit, all three frowned-upon stories ...

One of the genuine pleasures of teaching African-American Studies today is the satisfaction of being able to restore to the historical record “lost” events and the individuals whose sacrifices and ...