RACINE - Eighty-year-old Ozella McDaniel Williams was an African-American quilter from Charleston, S.C. Passed on through many generations of women, Williams knew of a secret code of quilt patterns ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Although February is Black History Month, one woman honors Black history all year round. At ...

On June 19, or Juneteenth as it's been termed, the monumental end to slavery in the United States is celebrated. Throughout history, countless enslaved individuals sought freedom guided by the wisdom ...

UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LAND AND OFTEN illiterate, slaves on the Underground Railroad to Canada used quilts as signal flags and as coded directions for a safe escape. Guided by the oral history of an ...