Community members gathered at Michigan State University on Friday for a ‘transcribe-a-thon’ in honor of an early civil rights trailblazer.

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...

Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced singer of such hits as “Unforgettable," was born in Montgomery, Ala. How much do you know ...

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

Also this week: "Wild at Heart" in 35mm, another edition of the Nitrate Film Festival kicks off at American Cinematheque and the Michael Roemer renaissance continues.

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

During a life that spanned more than 75 years, American social reformer, orator, statesman and abolitionist Frederick Douglass was known for his passion, his faith and his drive to abolish slavery ...

Democratic congressional nominee Blake Gendebien said migrant workers more reliable as farm hands than locals who "show up ...

Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...

The government has funded science and then largely left well enough alone. Scientific agencies have been staffed by ...

DoDEA school libraries provide a wealth of information and resources to their communities. By ordering the removal and ...