Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, ...

Here's what to know about whether government offices will be open or closed on Martin Luther King Jr., Day this year.

Despite its official government recognition in 1975, scholars say Black History Month started decades earlier with the work ...

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American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to ...

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Isaline Attelly, a native of the Caribbean island of Martinique, had been living in Benin for nearly a year before she learned that her family's connection to the ...

One U.S. state and its governor have boldly responded to the removal of Martin Luther King Jr. Day from the national parks free entry day list.

Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as Virginia's 75th governor on Saturday. She is the first female governor of the Commonwealth. In her inaugural address, she laid out her priorities for the state.

Appalachia's experiments with model communities show the need for local ownership of land and the freedom for residents to ...

This exhibition honors the legacy of HBCUs as cultural and educational powerhouses,” said Shanita Brackett, acting director for NMAAHC. “Through these collections from our partners institutions, we ...

COLUMBIA — Like many things in South Carolina this year, the 2026 iteration of the state’s annual African American History Calendar is themed around the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. As ...