A shrewd dealmaker who launched Dollywood, the “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” singer-songwriter also starred in the films ‘9 to 5,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘Rhinestone’ and captivated the world w...

This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.

From Mary Wollstonecraft to Sojourner Truth, the fight for women’s rights emerged alongside—and was fundamentally shaped by—the struggle to abolish slavery and secure universal human rights. On the 2...

West Hartford held the 30th annual ceremony on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with speakers reflecting on the life on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the awarding of the Earl Exum Servant Leader award. The…

Explore Buffalo's Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor – a vibrant cultural hub showcasing Black history and heritage in Buffalo, NY.

A new exhibition celebrates community history and highlights how UConn humanities research, led by professor Fiona Vernal, is helping Connecticut towns pres ...

She also portrayed Kay Adams in the three ‘Godfather’ films and starred in ‘The First Wives Club’ and ‘Book Club’ movies.

During World War II, when Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, some of them came to Arizona — to another place where the U.S. government had “relocated” a group of people: the Gila R...

Reeves, John. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Pegasus Books, 2023. 352 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781639365272. Reviewed by Timothy Brown (Univ...

We have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship.

How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

Patricia Navarro-Velez, 39, one of three people gunned down in December 2023

The old Nishikida laundry building in Gardnerville holds ties to the detainment of Japanese Americans during World War II and is one of the state’s rare properties associated with Nevada’s Japanese Am...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their l...

I am a collector of early African American photography and visual culture. I began my collection after attending a NEH Summer Institute focused on the visual culture of the American Civil War. I initi...

Learn about Black history by exploring your local community, reading books by Black authors, and visiting Black or African-American history museums.Explore a

The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in the basic training curriculum.

A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.

Instead of proclaiming performative acknowledgments of Native peoples, institutions should establish strong relationships with Native nations.

Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.

White Southern myths about slavery, including a story about enslavers' Christmas benevolence, have helped prop up racism.

Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.

During this period of transition between presidential administrations – when pardons are typically issued in large numbers – it is useful to see how another president used the pardon power

The Andrew Jackson Foundation (AJF) announced yesterday that it believes it has located the site of a cemetery for the African Americans enslaved by Andrew Jackson on the property of his Hermitage …

Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation.

For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.

An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of American freedom.

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

The South Carolina Republican’s resolution comes two weeks after the historic election of Democrat Sarah McBride, a trans woman, to Congress.