Folklorist Patricia Turner discusses "Uncle Tom" — the lead character in the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by abolitionist Harriet... Why African-Americans Loathe 'Uncle Tom' MICHEL MARTIN, ...

On the 29th of June, 1852, Henry Clay died. In that month the two great political parties, in their national conventions, had accepted as a finality all the compromise measures of 1850, and the last ...

As many people across the nation celebrate the 100th anniversary of Black History Month — initially called Negro History Week when it began in 1926 — I came across a newspaper photo from the 1960s.

Picturing Uncle Tom with Little Eva: reproduction as legacy -- The passion of Uncle Tom: pictures join words to challenge patriarchy -- From Barefoot Madonna to Maggie the Ripper: Thomas Satterwhite ...

The home and log kitchen that once belonged to the Riley Plantation are being converted into a museum in Montgomery County, Maryland. Today, the land is known as Josiah Henson Park, named for the ...