The son of a formerly enslaved mother, Charles Henry Turner was the first to discover that bees and other insects have the ...

America’s first IRS commissioner helped raise the vast sums needed to wage the Civil War and was a strong advocate of racial equality.

By Farooq A. KperogiIn the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, ...

Animals have played a multitude of roles in the City of London’s 2,000-year history, so there is a veritable menagerie of ...

Out of nearly 5,000 “Rosenwald” schools built to educate African American students in the south, approximately 500 remain.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

A review of content taught at the Department of Defense Education Activity schools has resulted in restrictions of lessons on ...

The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player. The fractious ...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says ending the war means security guarantees Says talks can take any format if guarantees in place Zelenskiy again rules out elections under martial law Feb 9 (Reuters ...

The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...