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Martin-Carrington, 86, went back to Jenkins to create an opportunity for North Charleston's youth, particularly those who are descendants of African slaves, to track their roots. With her cousin's ...

Barry Jenkins vividly recalls the moment he first heard about the Underground Railroad. “I was around 5 or 6, and when I first heard those words, it wasn’t even imagined — I saw Black people on trains ...

Speaking on NPR’s Fresh Air, Barry Jenkins, the director of “The Underground Railroad,” noted that “before making this show … I would have said I’m the descendant of enslaved Africans.” “I think now ...

Barry Jenkins‘ new Amazon series The Underground Railroad is a profound visual epic. Based on novelist Colson Whitehead’s modern masterpiece and clocking in at about 600 minutes long, it’s a tour de ...

The brutal reality of slavery, the fantastical storytelling of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the cinematic poetry of an Oscar-winning director meet in Amazon Prime Video’s “The Underground ...

After escaping from slavery, Charlotte Jenkins moved to the North and joined the abolitionist movement. Her commitment to advancing African American emancipation soon prompted her to return to the ...

Washington. The widow Washington ; Martha Dandridge ; Married lady ; Mistress of Mount Vernon ; Revolutionary war ; First lady ; Slaves in the president's house ; Home again -- Jefferson. Martha ...

Deon D. Jenkins knew he wanted to be the president of the United States as an elementary school student in the Bay Area. At that point, there had never been a Black president. Jenkins kept his dream ...