Peterson was not the first Black voter in United States history or the first in New Jersey. But historians say his vote ...

TO my eyes, it’s the most striking image unearthed by The National team’s tour d’horizon of Trump and Scotland this week.

Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson imagines a future of abundance in his historic exhibit, “the space in which to ...

L.A. County high lead levels on properties the Army Corp of Engineers had already cleaned.

Armed with a list of questions on a legal pad and a tape recorder, Edda Fields-Black and her older sister went from house to ...

This nation is built on layers and layers of immigrants from around the world, people seeking to raise their families in ...

What's the best thing about early American history? Carol Berkin: I have always thought that the birth of a nation was the most exciting moment in its history, but I was disturbed by the tendency ...

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"It is such an extraordinary story and historical document," Fields-Black said. "It is extremely rare to know an enslaved ...