As he does one day each month, the Rev. Robert Turner hit the road from his home in Baltimore last week and traveled — on ...

President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the nation's tarnished history.

In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which became a critical marker in African-American history. Given opportunity, black Americans voted and stood for office in numbers not seen since ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. House Democrats asked in a letter Thursday that the Trump administration abandon the president's order that ...

Two new Smithsonian museums meant to honor the contributions of women and Latinos have been tied up for years as fights over ...

Shukrani Gray, head of access and opportunity at the library, has worked extensively with The HistoryMakers database, and she ...

Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first ...

Because African-American slaves were considered property ... and Abandoned Lands (or Freedmen's Bureau), established by Congress on March 3, 1865, has a wealth of searchable information.