In 1873, a group of around 50 African Americans facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan in their hometown of Cross Anchor in ...

On this date the founder of the settlement which would grow to be­come the city of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, sold his property and left the settlement. The Haitian-born frontier trader ...

History teachers are feeling the pinch of politics, and the latest rhetoric from the White House isn’t helping. “We feel so ...

The musical about the rise of three young women into stardom features the largest predominantly African-American cast in ...

Efforts to take the focus off the nation’s racial past in compliance with President Trump’s wishes face resistance from those ...

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

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The co-creator explains the contemporary music choices and hopes to continue the MGM+ series, now in its fourth season, that ...

Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, believes the past is alive with valuable lessons for us to ...

IRA vow to hand over weapons; Soviet talks with Arab leaders break down; Schuman Plan for joint Franco-German steel ...

In the shadow of Mount St. Helens, nestled in the tiny town of Cook, Washington, sits a crimson-colored treasure trove that would make Indiana Jones hang up his hat and settle down.

Taxidermy specimens, medical implements from less enlightened eras, and strange Victorian memento mori remind us of humanity’s complicated relationship with mortality and the natural world. The ...