The state Senate is planning to commission what Dennis Powell, the president of the NAACP Berkshires, considers “the most significant bust in its history.” The bust will honor Elizabeth Freeman, whose ...

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 ...

Freeman, Elizabeth Anne “Liz” was born to Byron and Annie Hunt in Gainesville, Florida, on December 3, 1926. On May 1, 2013, Liz passed peacefully in her sleep. She was 86. In her working years, Liz ...

The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history. A group of civic leaders, ...

To the editor: If you are looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Mother’s Day this year, consider joining the Elizabeth Freeman Center and the Berkshire Running Foundation for the annual Mother’s ...