The white guests sipped their drinks on the portico of the manor house as African-American field hands bent to their labors. A tent was being erected on the lawn where, in a few hours’ time, the black ...

Singer songwriter Ani DiFranco, who is known for her staunchly anti-sexist and anti-racist lyrics, has decided to cancel a feminist songwriting retreat that was going to be held on a Louisiana ...

WEYANOKE — C.B. and Mary Cleland Owen always knew they would come home to West Feliciana. After years of living in different parts of the U.S. and in Europe, the Owens purchased Retreat Plantation ...

Although the retreat was canceled late Sunday night, the petition remains up. In June 2013, Nottoway Plantation was the site of a similar fan retreat hosted by Todd Rundgren. The planned Righteous ...

Call it Ani DiFranco’s “accidental racism.” The musician’s “Righteous Retreat” for songwriters was scheduled to take place over four days at the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La., not far from ...

The singer-songwriter faced a public outcry after she planned to host a four-day workshop at a Louisiana resort. By Kevin Rutherford, Billboard This story first appeared on billboard.com Ani DiFranco ...

FOREST, Va. -- Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third president's original vision as a private place to read, ...