African Americans often refer to the African continent as the "motherland." My trip to Ghana included a tour of a slave ...

The nation's first Black vice president said the "anguish that reeks from this place" must never be forgotten, slighting U.S. lawmakers who have worked to suppress discussions of race in classrooms ...

The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. "The horror of... Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured ...

Vice President Kamala Harris started her Tuesday in Ghana looking toward what the future could hold for Africa-- but on Tuesday afternoon, she looked back at the dark history of slavery on the ...

Cape Coast Castle is one of several Ghanaian colonial-era compounds in which captured Africans were held in dungeons during the slave trade era. Ariadne Van Zandbergen / Alamy When traffic cooperates, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from the female slave dungeon at Cape Coast Castle visibly shaken. Inside the famous slave trading outpost’s dungeon, Harris set a bouquet of flowers down and ...

“The Cape Coast Castle Doors,” also known as “The Doors of No Return," or "The Black Doors of Tears," are one of the first things visitors see at the exhibit of The Kinsey African American Art & ...

Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured the dungeons of Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle on Tuesday, and said the experience underscored that the history of enslaved people must be taught ...