One of the stops on the tour is the Edward Bannister statue. Visitors can sit beside him and see what he is drawing, a ...

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers. He did, ...

Rep. Lauren Carson and Rep. Terri Cortvriend will host an upcoming virtual Aquidneck Island Climate Caucus conversation with ...

The shellfish was considered food for the poor before Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, an emancipated Black man, started serving ...

The General Thomas Allin House, which is considered one of the oldest homes in Barrington, has officially been added to the ...

In a site-specific reimagining of the artist’s Venice Biennale exhibition, the installation in Brown’s David Winton Bell ...

Sail Newport’s Challenger Lecture Series is set to feature Keith Stokes on February 27 at 6 p.m. Stokes will present “African ...

Above: Patrick Donavan and Jason Roomes receive recognition from Gov. Dan McKee Saturday (2/15/25). The Black regiment fought ...

The First Rhode Island Regiment was formed in 1778, at a time when slavery was still legal in many colonies. To boost their troop numbers, Rhode Island allowed enslaved men to enlist, promising them ...

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black, Indigenous and white soldiers who served together.

This morning on The Rhode Show we welcomed Charles Roberts, Founder and ExecutiveDirector of Rhode Island Slave History ...

A Quilt of Valor presentation was made by the Rhode Island State Grange at the Oaklawn Grange in Cranston honoring two Grange ...