The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of ...

Finding something to celebrate was key to Washington’s success ... who led the Union during the Civil War and put an end to slavery. Credit...Carlos Javier Ortiz for The New York Times Which ...

Most historians concentrate on the social and historical events caused by the 1859 raid of abolitionist John Brown and his ...

Syria's new rulers have been blamed for assassinating several of Kafranbel's leading journalists and activists ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

In recent weeks, Democrats have debated how they should respond. Some argue that the party should expend little political capital on defending DEI — and that Trump’s war on di ...

Some of the most deplorable episodes in U.S. history involve the government wielding the power of the state against minority groups: Black people, Indigenous people and gay people, to name just a few.

Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Parade is on the same day as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

George Washington Birthday Parade Time: 2-4 p.m. Where: Old Town Alexandria, Parade Route ...

Black History Month is a time to reflect on the nation’s civil rights struggles. Hagerstown author Ed Maliskas said ...