On this day in 1964, the British band ‘The Beatles’ made their historic arrival in the United States, landing at New York’s ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

This Day in History – Feb. 6, 1976.  Forty-nine years ago today, February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier was arrested in western ...

Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS ...

The Beatles' legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was watched on television by 73 million of the nation’s 191 million people, nearly 40%.

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Sir Mix-a-Lot released his third LP, Mack Daddy. This was the Seattle-born rapper’s most ...

ALL MONTH WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND MOMENTS EACH DAY OF THE MONTH ... to become the first African-American United States Attorney GeneralFeb.

Protesters defacing a shrine to immigrants of the past while fighting for the immigrants of today — it was a sad irony for ...

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth ...

It was 81 years ago today, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered this address to the nation on Dec. 8, 1941.

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific ...

Goshorn, to be filed today, states that the enterprise ... friends and prospective members.” ON THIS DAY IN 1940, the Eagle reported, “The number of American workers in the Panama Canal ...