(RNS) — This February marks the 50th anniversary of the national commemoration of Black History Month, proclaimed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebrations. But Black ...

Mobile exhibit offers hands-on look at 250 years of American history through Saturday ...

At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national ...

It is one of the most recognizable obelisks in the world, but did you know the Washington Monument we know today is not the ...

Dr. John E. Fleming was involved in the creation of the first national African American museum in Ohio and later, Smithsonian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a Black American whose citizenship is inherited through the legacy of slavery, I live within a paradox. My ancestors did not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fireworks display near the Washington Monument during an America250 kickoff celebration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 1, 2026.

JACKSON, Miss. – The glass panels of the Lynching Victims Monolith are simple, etched with the names of more than 600 victims of documented racial killings in Mississippi, along with the attackers' ...