Look past the Spanish fort, ornate Moorish buildings and main plaza to discover Black history in St. Augustine, Florida. More than 450 years ago, the first Africans in North America helped build ...

Most St. Augustine visitors are familiar with the town's past as a Spanish colony from 1565 to 1760s, but few are aware of its role in America's Black history. Fort Mose was the first legally ...

Nate Tinner-Williams, a Globe contributing opinion writer, is cofounder and editor of Black Catholic Messenger. Most retellings of Black history in the United States start with Britain’s city of ...