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Juneteenth is a celebration for all Americans because it marks a pivotal moment in the United States’ journey toward living ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination ...

The papers of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin are now online in easily searchable digitized form. By Jennifer Schuessler Bats ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to honor a rebellious general alongside English kings.

Because, as President Obama said, “music helps us imagine a better world, and offers us hope that we can get there together.” Let’s celebrate Black Music and Sly Stone this month. Let us savor our ...

A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.

The remarkable history of Palmares, a society formed by Africans who escaped slavery in 17th-century Brazil, points to the negative impact politics can have on historical memory and writing.

The statue of George Washington in the Boston Public Garden. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff) By Molly Farrar June 16, 2025 ...

In George McCalman’s Dazzling New Book, Black History Is Everyone’s History The artist’s portraits of Black luminaries are “as individual as the people” they depict.

Crews in Washington, D.C., use concrete saws, jackhammers and excavators to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural, created two blocks north of the White House as a symbol during the ...