After the words “transgender” and “queer” were removed from the National Park Service’s website for the Stonewall National ...

Listen to a short summary Read by Guy R. Your browser does not support the audio element.The theme for Black History Month ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

Delve into America’s Civil Rights story with a visit to these important landmarks and destinations. Here are five to consider ...