Educator and historian Carter G. Woodson was the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

The Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) and the New Orleans Public Library REACH Center (NOPL) will present “A New Door ...

Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...

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, ...

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

Research suggests up to 34% of voting-age women don't have documents proving citizenship with their current legal name.

(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 ...

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, ...