WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

Jun. 30—LAKE PLACID — A new "Timbuctoo" historic marker is a small sign with great import. It changes the narrative about who is remembered and what stories are told by whom in the Adirondacks. On ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Chapman Museum frequently hosts something new, tied to the history and culture of the Glens Falls region. On Monday, the museum announced its March schedule, which ...

In the spirit of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the U.S., a historic free Black community in Burlington County is fighting to keep its story alive ...

Timbuctoo, a small hamlet located in Westampton, Burlington County, N.J., was founded in 1820 by freed and former slaves. The anniversary of the founding is celebrated annual and will take place this ...

Many elements of history lie hidden amid family heirlooms. Katherine Butler Jones, a Black woman from Massachusetts, was going through some family documents more than two decades ago when she came ...

Abolitionists risk their fortunes, their families, and their futures to destroy slavery. THIS FILM IS ELIGIBLE FOR CTLE CREDIT. Searching For Timbuctoo tells the little-known story of a Black ...

The family tree of Mary Giles Weston and her son, Guy, took root two centuries ago in a place called Timbuctoo. In 1829, Mary’s great-great-great-grandfather John Bruer bought an acre of land near the ...

LAKE PLACID — There’s a whole section on historiography in “The Black Woods: A Scheme of Justice and Benevolence in the Adirondack Mountains” by Amy Godine, which will be published by Cornell ...

SYRACUSE, NY – July 25, 2023 — A new innovative and immersive program created by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is introducing climate science, offering career ...