Pinkerton agent Kate Warne saved Abraham Lincoln's life in his first attempt on his life and was considered “the greatest ...

“My learning of Black history came from my family,” she said.

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he ...

"I was trying to write very personal essays about people I feel strongly about, with as much passion and humor and poignancy ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is rarely honored, Black folks have taken it upon themselves to not only honor the ...

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who has ties to SC, restored to National Park Service webpage for Underground Railroad after ...

Before Salmon P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury and Supreme Court chief justice, he was a Cincinnati attorney defending fugitive slave cases.

Exploring the history of American lynching from Chicago to New Orleans, the Citizens Club of Springfield recently presented ...

Like the seasons, political parties come and go. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress as a Whig. By 1854 that ...

At the Smithsonian Museum, thoughts about Trump’s Executive Order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” came to ...

Thaddeus Lowe, who once worked for President Lincoln doing aerial reconnaissance work, eventually came to Pasadena to ...