In the early 2000s, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) began to tear down its own public housing units, displacing tens of ...

Professors Beverly Gage, Joanne Freeman and David Blight will tackle the entirety of American history in the class dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the independence.

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

The Smithsonian represents a pinnacle of official US efforts to represent pasts that are painful and violent as well as beautiful and accomplished.

Kevin Young, who has led the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, went on leave before the ...

He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what ...