Ellsworth Cemetery was founded by a small cadre of Black Civil War Veterans in 1876 to provide a burial ground for the ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats.

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

Two years ago this month, The Embrace was unveiled on Boston Common. The imposing bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas honors the love and legacy of civil rights leaders Rev. Martin Luther King ...

Our Fight,” crowded around the partially frozen reflecting pool as far back as the World War II Memorial. Chanting, “People, people can’t you see, what freedom means for me?” the ...

OREBRO, Sweden — (AP) — Despite his gunshot wounds, sustained Tuesday in Sweden's deadliest mass shooting, Salim Karim Iskef ...

Bloomfield historian John Mills founded the Alex Breanne Corporation to unearth and honor Black history. His work got him on ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Lexington and Concord on April 17 to discuss his new documentary, "The American Revolution." ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Community Plate’s first story sharing supper in Portland was so popular the nonprofit has opened registration for a second ...

Seems to me that somewhere in our history studies we heard the phrase “Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.” There are things that are happening in this vitriolic election ...