While Jacksonville residents might visit Orange Park often, especially those who live on the Westside, they might not know ...

Jim Crow, a term drawn from a racist caricature, describes a long period of segregation and racial violence in the United ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Warning Iowa is suffering from a “crisis in civics literacy,” a representative from the National Association of Scholars on ...

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

Dog Show stands as the world's oldest and most distinguished dog show. The event has been a hallmark for purebred dogs since the late 19th century.

The Martha Wood Cottage, built after Shurtleff College's 1877 Jubilee, later became part of the SIU School of Dental Medicine ...

Two Soldiers and two civilians with a collective 144 years of service were honored at the quarterly Installation Retirement ...

Gerald Norwood is a Wichita collector of "African Americana" — letters, legal papers and other artifacts of the black ...

Will America's favorite rodent see this shadow this weekend? The forecast seems to be a "slam dunk" conclusion.

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...