A new documentary shows how Metamora played a big role in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom. While Illinois ...

Donald Trump's PBS replacement has astonished critics with a cartoon version of Christopher Columbus saying "slavery was no big deal." The remarks were made in an Instagram video by PragerU and show ...

A clip circulating on the web from the right-wing media company PragerU, which the Trump administration has partnered with, suggests that slavery was “no big deal.” PragerU is a nonprofit media ...

Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports PBS and NPR, was cut by $1.1 billion. PBS provides free educational resources, including PBS Kids and PBS LearningMedia, to ...

A "Finding Your Roots" episode that omitted references to Ben Affleck's ancestor as a slave owner violated PBS standards, the public TV service said Wednesday. In a statement Wednesday, PBS said it's ...

Juneteenth is a very significant holiday for Black people. Observed every June 19, it marks the day in 1865 when Union troops landed in Galveston, Texas, to free the last enslaved Black Americans.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ben Affleck said Tuesday he regretted asking a PBS documentary show profiling his ancestors to not include a relative who was an owner of slaves, saying he was ...

The right-wing media company that may be Trump’s pick to take overtake traditional public broadcasting networks has a video where a cartoon of Christopher Columbus minimizes slavery. A clip ...