At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

As the White House ignores congressional mandates, the conflict raises questions at the heart of the nation’s founding ...

Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...

Two artifacts will be on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield to celebrate Black ...

I have come to believe there is a progression in our lives that shapes us continually as we grow older. It starts with an experience that then becomes a memory. The memories frequently become a ...

The president issued a proclamation recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month. But one race equity expert has ...

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

Several bills related to immigrants in the U.S. illegally were approved in a Senate County and Municipal Government Committee ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.

The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...