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NPR's Michel Martin asks three academics from Commonwealth countries to reflect on the British Empire's complicated legacy on race.

In the new PBS documentary, "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North," producer Katrina Browne follows her family's journey as they learn their ancestors were among the nation's biggest slave traders. Browne and her co-producer Juanita Brown talk about the film and how it changed a New England family's perception of their past.

The first African American to be superintendent of schools in Somerset County has died. Harrison DeWayne Whittington was 81. He held a seat on the…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Attorneys for Delaware’s Board of Parole are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor in a lawsuit filed by a convicted…

A new report by the Centers for Disease control has linked at least 28 attempted youth suicides to a cluster in Kent and Sussex counties during a four…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - William & Mary is investigating the defacement of a Thomas Jefferson statue at the school after someone painted the hands red and…

An Eastern Shore author has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award.She is Vashti Harrison who is a native of Onley and a graduate of Nandua High School…

The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner is a woman from Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai. When she was 15, the Taliban targeted her for her work in…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - William & Mary's first female president is scheduled to be sworn in during a ceremony on July 2.The school in Williamsburg,…

Wilson's guest is Eastern Shore writer Barbara Shamp. They discuss Shamp's new historical novel “A Wife in Watercolor.” The book is based on the life of…