One of President James Monroe's Virginia estates is up for sale and the family that owns the property wants to make it a ...

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

A staffer told the Washington ... the day the Founding Fathers declared independence from Britain in 1776, Trump has renewed his vision for the commission of a National Garden of American Heroes.

Who are Dave Chappelle's parents? The comedian chose an entertainment career, unlike his scholarly parents. Here is all about those who he calls family.

The funeral service capped a week of emotional events to honor Turner, who died at age 70 on March 5 in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “hideous blot” and “a moral depravity,” but held hundreds of Africans captive at Monticello. He condemned the trade in African bodies in the first draft of the ...

She patented the device in 1988, becoming the first African American female doctor to patent a medical ... He later obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956. Dinkins was a founding ...

George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Co. and creator of Afro Sheen, reflects on his journey from sharecropper to ...

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has charged a Fort Washington man with the murder of his father inside their home early Friday morning.

“American Idol” alum and new judge Carrie ... She joined by her whole family to celebrate, including her father Vhen Bautista, who was a famed Ilocano singer in the Philippines and someone ...