I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

While walking through the majestic, grassy meadows of San Francisco’s Presidio, a bronze, a 32-inch-tall statue of a wise Jedi master guards an otherwise nondescript office building. The Yoda statue, ...

Harriet Tubman, was an abolitionist and slave who worked relentlessly to free enslaved African Americans. Tubman was born ...

The compelling and interactive “Rosenwald Schools, Black Workers, and the Making of America” event is happening from 10 a.m.

Like in Kansas City, you won't just see cars and buses rolling along city streets in New Orleans. Streetcars glide along the ...

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end universal birthright citizenship and limit it at ...

A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such ...