The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

"There is nothing more beautiful, moving and hopeful," documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said Friday as he welcomed America's ...

America was founded during the so-called Enlightenment, itself a product of humanism, the Reformation and the Renaissance.

The excavation of the Williamsburg Bray School has yielded hundreds of artifacts, providing a glimpse into the lives of Black children who attended the school in the 1760s.

Country star Thomas Rhett is releasing new music as he heads out on tour this summer, and he hopes his kids and fans love it equally, calling it a "funny balance." He heads back to Las Vegas for ...

CATSKILL — As part of its Sunday Salon series, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site will host, “Black Activism in New York’s Hudson Valley” with the Underground Railroad Education Center ...

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Over the last month an a half, Thomas Jefferson High School freshman Laelah Tiquia has battled immense adversity. For starters, Joe Townsend — a coach, close friend and mentor — suddenly died just ...

Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, William & Mary announced ...

AP Jun 19, 2025 William & Mary archaeologists uncover a foundation from the 1700s that once held the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in 2025, in Williamsburg, Va.