“The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events, a point in history and nothing else,” says Kara Walker about her subversive use of the traditional silhouette technique.

"Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future" tells the story of the African American composer and pianist known as one of the greatest musicians of the 19th century.

Genealogist Frazine Taylor of Montgomery, Alabama, made it her life's work to help African American families piece together their history.

See Pompeii like never before! Discover the "Other Pompeii" exhibition showcasing the lives of slaves, artisans, and the lower classes. Visit the Grand Palestra for interactive displays and insights into their daily lives, food, and struggles.

The Met recently acquired “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” a 19th-century Louisiana portrait with a secret: For over a 100 years, the image of an enslaved child was erased. This is his story.

Silvia Hector Webber, the so-called “Harriet Tubman of Texas,” offered refuge and aid to enslaved people in South Texas. Researchers have uncovered her never-before-seen freedom papers documenting her role in the fight for freedom. A new exhibit at UT Aus...

Take a closer look at the life of escaped slave and American icon Harriet Tubman, who liberated over 700 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.

In Montgomery, Alabama, a long-neglected plot of land, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, has been transformed into the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.

Caroline Randall Williams, an award-winning writer, cookbook author and restaurateur, travels the United States uncovering the fascinating, essential and often untold Black stories behind American food.

In the series, A More Perfect Union, CBS Mornings aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we're looking at Thomas Jefferson's legacy and the unbreakable connections of his descendants.

A historical take on the history of "Black Girl Magic".

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate the origins of two paintings by unknown artists dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, which unusually for the period, depict black subjects. One is a portrait of Dido Belle, a famous former slave adopted into...

American schoolchildren are taught that the slaves in confederate states were freed when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of Biddy Mason, an African-American woman born into slavery who later became one of California's richest women.

The centuries old traditions of the Black Masking Indians continue to thrive in New Orleans with the most iconic being Super Sunday.