There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

Transgender adults deserve the freedom to live their lives in whatever way makes them happiest. However, activists cannot demand that we deny basic reality and expect us to go along with it.

But Claire McCardell was a pioneering outlier. From the 1930s to the 1950s this designer found freedom creating affordable, ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

(THE CONVERSATION) For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an unprecedented effort to roll back democracy and the ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Carole Shelton presented the program "Portraits of African American Women in Missouri" on Feb. 6 during an evening hosted by ...

Valentine's Day is approaching quickly, and if you’re looking for something sweet or melancholic to celebrate the holiday, look no further. Here is the ultimate guide to books featuring love.

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

The Wilson County Courthouse will display a temporary exhibit in observance of Black History Month and Women’s History Month. The display will be showcased in the courthouse’s upstairs lobby at 228 E.

Members of the National Association of Black Military Women Charleston Chapter are proud of their military service and want ...