One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the injunction at hearing on a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups arguing ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

Discover the history of The Freedman's Journal, a pioneering Black-owned newspaper that championed civil rights and justice.

Sovereigntism also means an end to something else: Pax Americana. Though it takes its name from the Pax Romana of the first ...

Since the founding of the United States, domestic deployment of the military has been a move of last resort; that may be ...

Valentine's Day might be top of mind for most people, but Mardi Gras is coming up, too. Here's what you need to know about celebrating the holiday.

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the 2025 Black History Month observance at the Empire State Plaza will feature exhibits and events celebrating African Americans' history, accomplishments, ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the ...