Let’s unpack prison abolition and how the U.S. came to incarcerate 2 million people. The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, and people across the political ...
Christle Rawlins-Jackson, president of Beacon Hill Scholars, and Peter Snoad, project coordinator of Beacon Hill Scholars, walking along the Abolition Acre trail on Oct. 21, 2025. Boston’s Old State ...
FITCHBURG — One local artist is giving back to the greater community in a profound way through a vivid and powerful mural creation at Abolitionist Park. The work of Digi Chivetta is prominently on ...
In his new book, The Conductor, Caleb Franz tells the story of Reverend John Rankin, a pioneering Ohio abolitionist who helped about 2,000 people flee from slavery. When Reverend John Rankin moved to ...
Walking through the doors of the Cozad-Bates House, visitors embark on a journey into the past, a step closer to understanding the struggles that paved the way for freedom and equality. Constructed in ...
The “Burned-Over District” refers to the western and central regions of New York State in the early 19 th century. It was called that because religious revivals and the formation of new religious ...
Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, ...
Sojourner Truth, the African American abolitionist, women's rights advocate and social activist revered to this day for her presentation on racial inequalities, delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" ...