On any given day in County, the phone rings. Sometimes it's early. Sometimes it comes in the middle of the night, from a ...

Elizabeth Freeman’s landmark 1781 lawsuit transformed revolutionary ideals into legal reality, setting precedent that led to the collapse of slavery in Massachusetts.

Since opening its doors in 2023, owner Elizabeth Freeman says her nonprofit, Elmwood Blessing Box, has helped more than 10,000 families in Westland. "We're averaging 100 to 120 families a day. It's ...

Part of a series of profiles during Black History Month highlighting unsung African American figures from New England. As American colonists put pen to paper to determine the freedoms of the new ...