Seven Black women, including Ella Baker, Callie Guy House, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Josephine Baker, Dr. Mae Jemison, Wangari ...

Discover the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, cofounder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, educator, and ...

Abraham Peyton Skipwith died in 1799 and left his wife the kind of estate that befits a city founding father: horse and buggy ...

Trump is not an American monarch. Nor is he an American dictator. Nonetheless, he is displaying blatant signs of being an ...

Closed for years, Carter G. Woodson's home is scheduled to reopen in 2026, the centennial of Black History Month.

The president wants the museums to mirror U.S. pride, power and accomplishment without all the darkness, and threatened to ...

Discover the legacy and impact of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton as she fights for D.C. home rule and statehood, despite facing opposition.

Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year - August saw the death of Stella Rimington, the first female head of ...

Gouverneur Morris wrote the preamble to the Constitution and shaped the future of the nascent United States. Later in life, ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — After completing a two-day search for Travis Decker, the father suspected of murdering his daughters in late May, officials confirmed Friday that bones were among several items ...

Deception’ at a penguin conservation event has left scientists flabbergasted after the Minister used the occasion to sign controversial bunkering regulations that experts say fail to protect ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Campfire music fest and circus of the 7 Fingers returns, the Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian turns 100 and Side Quest’s bookstore ...