A new exhibition documents American photography's first 70 years, exploring the US during a period of immense social, ...

"When we see efforts to erase our history...it's actually going to make us weaker [and] less informed," said Alan Spear tells ...

“My learning of Black history came from my family,” she said.

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

"It's sickening, it's terrifying, it's frustrating to have spent decades and [have] everything that my profession and my ...

The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the end of the "Roaring Twenties" and the beginning of the Great Depression.

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

A question posed by another researcher really struck Caroline Collins in her work on the way the public thinks about and ...

1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA “L” train ...

The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on ...

The restoration of Harriet Tubman's contributions comes in response to outrage over the removal of info on the abolitionist's ...

There is a movement afoot to honor the segment of society Malcolm X famously said was the most disrespected in the nation — Black women. And this movement isn’t waiting on anyone’s permission. Though ...