This duality made intuitive sense to the students. They understood that their country and its heroes, like all of us, aren’t ...
It’s 122 years old and was a one-room schoolhouse in Azusa with a complex past that includes “Americanizing” ...
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield.
On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower ...
Cheryl McKissack Daniel on carrying forward 120 years of Black excellence and why her family's legacy belongs in every conversation about the American Dream.
Faith and courage are often not far apart. It often takes a mixture of both to weather the scorn of those who may disagree or to say something important knowing that it may be unpopular. The history ...
A group of Harvard-affiliated researchers presented an extensive report Thursday on the people enslaved by the Vassall family, whose members were affiliated with the University and lived at the ...
The Trump administration wants to minimize a major piece of U.S. history — slavery — that spanned more than 250 years. Trump has ordered the Smithsonian Institution to revise historical exhibits on ...
Four alderpersons voted against a resolution offering Black Chicagoans an apology for America’s enslavement of their ancestors, producing a racially charged clash within the City Council and a final ...
On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school. As experts on the history of American ...
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the ...