John Brown Farm State Historic Site is hosting a lecture by historian and author Sandra Weber on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the site’s visitor center. This presentation is free and open to ...

Kerry Altenbernd, a Lawrence-based reenactor, portrays the abolitionist John Brown. (Frank Barthell photo) Brown’s first stop was the farmhouse of settler James Doyle. While his wife Mahalia begged ...

Renowned Lawrence artist Stan Herd is set to create the world’s first earthwork portrait of the infamous abolitionist John Brown. Herd will create the portrait in Osawatomie’s John Brown Memorial Park ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Dec. 2, 1859, a well-known abolitionist was hanged. John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the town started on the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, ...

This particular seven-part miniseries following abolitionist John Brown, played by Ethan Hawke, has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes ...

TORRINGTON — The American Association for State and Local History recently awarded Culture 4 A Cause an award of excellence for the John Brown Project. The association's Leadership in History Awards ...

The party -- The puritan -- The pioneer -- The patriarch -- The pauper -- The plan -- Pottawatomie -- Pariah and legend -- The promoter -- Plotting multiculturally ...

OPINION: To commemorate the civil rights leader’s birthday, we looked back at what Malcolm X had to say about white supremacy and why he considered John Brown the standard for white allyship. Editor’s ...

Showrunner Mark Richard details a key scene from the pilot of Showtime’s limited series, in which Brown (played by co-creator Ethan Hawke) enlists his two sons in the beheading of a pro-slavery ...

This particular seven-part mini-series follows the real-life adventures of abolitionist John Brown, who is joined by an ...

Late in the evening of May 24, 1856, abolitionist John Brown, five of his sons, and three other Free State compatriots executed five pro-slavery men near Pottawatomie Creek in east central Kansas.