Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

Ken Burns on why the American Revolution was a "big deal in world history" 01:45. The American Revolution was one of the most ...

Ald. Michael Scott, both of whom served as Douglass Park supervisors, feared a tragedy like the June 26 shooting death of a ...

News anchor John Dickerson spoke with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film, "The American Revolution," which ...

Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead ...

Steps to Freedom is a groundbreaking outdoor museum that uses AR technology to bring the stories of American history to life.

It traces black history in Ireland as far back as the Viking and Roman eras, through to the presence of African American GIs stationed across the island of Ireland during World War Two and highlights ...

“Let us all now take a moment to pause, a moment of silence, to reflect on the lives of sacrifice, enduring strength of our ...

For some visitors, Faith Ringgold’s newest exhibition at the High Museum will transport them back decades. For others, it will capture them in their present moment. But regardless of their stage in ...

Although several new countries emerged from the debris of the First World War, the Imperial powers especially France and ...

But it paid off quite well for three Abraham Lincoln High School students who attended the recent National History Day ...

The celebration was attended by foreign dignitaries, including ambassadors and permanent representatives from Uganda, Guinea, Mozambique, Jamaica, Ethiopia, and Haiti.