Thursday August 27 SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates the birthday of one of the greats of Cape Verdean music, Cesaria Evora.

The Eighth of August is a significant milestone in Tennessee state history. The date marks when, in 1863, Tennessee Military Governor – and future U.S. President – Andrew Johnson famously freed the ...

Members of the community have been invited to join a post-Emancipation Day celebration on Wednesday evening at Horseshoe Bay Live. The gathering, which is being hosted by Team Hayward — supporting the ...

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia — Throughout the English-speaking Caribbean — and in Canada — Aug. 1 is observed as the day the British Empire’s official abolition of slavery took effect in 1834. But as ...

This article by Judy Raymond, produced after reading through contemporary records, first appeared in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian on July 31, 2014. An edited version is being republished on Global ...

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — The Ontario County Historical Society and the Farmington Quaker Museum co-sponsored an event commemorating Emancipation Day. The day marks when slavery ended in the British Empire.

Throughout the English-speaking Caribbean—and in Canada—Aug. 1 is observed as the day the British Empire’s official abolition of slavery took effect in 1834. But as former British colonies mark ...

Emancipation Day is a reminder that southwestern Ontario was once a mecca for enslaved people fleeing the United States. By Ian Austen The first Monday in August is a holiday in many places across ...

A three-day Joplin Emancipation Celebration will be held Friday through Sunday at Landreth Park. The event is normally held at Ewert Park, but that park is currently under construction and is ...

This weekend, the Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater will celebrate its 25th anniversary by performing The Revival: Djembe in the New Millennium at the 17th annual Atlanta African Dance & Drum ...

From the minimalism of composer Steve Reich, who studied polyrhythms with the Ewe people in Ghana, to the choreography of Martha Graham, Pearl Primus and Katherine Dunham, traditional West African ...