slavery

Horace Cayton was an African-American sociologist born in Seattle in 1903. His father was born a slave; his mother was the daughter of the first black…

Un-American: A word being used to describe the separations of children from their parents at the Mexican border.History, however, suggests this is very…

Chef Edouardo Jordan brought major gold home to Seattle this week by winning two James Beard Awards. One for Best Northwest Chef, a recognition of his…

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” is the story of a young slave named Cora who escapes from a Georgia cotton…

The cover article of this year’s June issue of The Atlantic magazine concerned a woman called Lola. “My Family’s Slave” was written by Alex Tizon, a…

On the day that journalist Alex Tizon died, editors at The Atlantic decided to put his story, “My Family’s Slave” on the cover of the magazine. The story…

For about $300, a 9-year-old girl named Ashley was sold as a slave.Her mother, Rose, remained a house slave at a mansion in South Carolina.This was the…

Bill Radke sits down with author Colson Whitehead to talk about his new novel, "The Underground Railroad."His book explores slavery in the American South…