History
Historians at Brown University and Tribal members from across New England are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the historic enslavement of Indigenous people in North America
Fleeing British persecution, 26-year-old printer Isaiah Thomas turned his Massachusetts Spy into one of the first war-reporting newspapers — helping fuel the fight for American independence from his new home in Worcester
The contract clause deleted from federal regulations last month dated back to the mid-1960s and specifically said entities doing business with the government should not have segregated waiting rooms, drinking fountains or transportation
It’s one of America’s largest works of Brutalism, and parts of it are crumbling
The writings describe the accounts of John Swanson Jacobs and how he escaped slavery twice
“When you think of Jim Crow, you might think of somewhere else in the country, but unfortunately, discrimination was alive and well in New England just as much throughout all those years”
Archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home
Former historian laureate Dr. Patrick Conley has written 27 books on Rhode Island history. He says his successor should be a good speaker who has detailed knowledge of the state’s past