In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

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Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

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Excerpted from a new photography book, Picturing Black History, these unearthed archival images you will see Josephine Baker, ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Some years ago, the late Mike Wallace interviewed actor Morgan Freeman on “60 Minutes” and asked him what he thought about Black History Month.

An attempt to turn Oak Hill, the Loudoun County home of President James Monroe, into a state park nearly became history in ...

Each February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and celebrations that honour the legacy and contributions of Black people in Canada and their communities. The 2025 theme ...

Stage that used to enhance mystique of world’s most glorious competition has been elongated like a medieval torture victim on the rack ...

Former governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus, died with history noting that this one white man stood up to the President of ...

Knowledge is power,” so the saying goes. Just how knowledgeable are you about the units of the National Park System? You may ...