The modest house where Bancroft was born, on Salisbury Street, just west of Montvale Road, is gone now, apparently bought by Fred Daniels after the Bancrofts moved out. George Bancroft was one of ...

On Oct. 3, 1900, a crowd of 1,500 gathered around a piece of carved granite, about 2 feet high, on Salisbury Street, just north of Park Avenue. Besides schoolchildren, many of them from Classical ...

The modest house where Bancroft was born, on Salisbury Street, just west of Montvale Road, is gone now, apparently bought by Fred Daniels after the Bancrofts moved out. George Bancroft was one of ...

Juneteenth, born in Galveston, Texas, marks the day—June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

TEXAS — For those enslaved in Texas, freedom came three years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, is still celebrated on Galveston Island, 160 years on. In ...

Fears that 20 jobs could be lost at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as strategic review goes ahead“As guardians of our globally renowned collections and heritage sites, which bring joy, appreciation ...

The restoration of St. Damien’s birthplace, protected as a heritage site since 1952, was undertaken with meticulous care in consultation with Belgium’s Heritage Agency and the Flemish government.

One hundred and sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is honouring Juneteenth all year round.

More than 100 years ago, Nguyen Ai Quoc lived and worked at House No. 13 (now No. 248-250) Wenming road, which was also the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League. The house still ...

See the Birthplace of Juneteenth in These Atmospheric Photos of Galveston, Texas A photographer’s journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with ...

House music comes from Chicago's Black nightlife scene, and despite its worldwide popularity, that can never be erased.