Juneteenth, a pivotal celebration in African American history, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...

Today is the 153rd day of 2025. There are 212 days left in the year. 1960: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America votes ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...

The photographs of a father and daughter have sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery and who profits from it.

Dr. E. Curtis Alexander has dedicated his life to preserving the history of the U.S. Colored Troops, whose contributions ...

Deacon Maccubin, founder of Lambda Rising bookstore in Dupont Circle, holds DC’s first annual Pride event, the Gay Pride ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

The settlement marks the end of a 15-year battle to release the 19th-century “daguerreotypes," a precursor to modern-day ...

The settlement marks the end of a 15-year battle to release the 19th-century “daguerreotypes," a precursor to modern-day ...