A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, Sc. (WTOC) - Friday marks the 185th birthday of Beaufort hero Robert Smalls. To celebrate, a local artist is throwing a birthday party that all are welcome to attend. At Friday ...

Prosecutors said the 19-year-old from St. Helena Island stored a switch-modified pistol under a pillow at the Cross Creek ...

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the Luzerne County Historical Society partnered with In This Together NEPA, the ...

A Lugoff man is dead after deputies with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said he was shot at a home that was “booby-trapped.” A teacher at an Irmo charter school was charged with ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Museum will host a special storytelling event about Robert Smalls on Wednesday for young children. Museum Educators will tell the story of Robert Smalls ...

He also portrays Capt. Robert Smalls, USN. Smalls was an enslaved African-American who became a hero for the Union during the Civil War. He escaped slavery on a captured Confederate ship and ...

COLUMBIA — A group studying where to put South Carolina's first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls' statue should be staring down a notorious white ...