Luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond are celebrated and memorialized in 25 commemorative plaques that now bear ...

The plans for a 25-foot stainless steel monument at Illinois Medical Center miss the mark, say some readers. Others are all ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

The words “transgender” and “queer” were on Thursday removed from a National Park Service (NPS) web page about the Stonewall ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the tragedy today.

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

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Red Dragon alumni Pat Quinlan and Patty Swango pose next to the restored George Washington monument during a dedication ...

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On a steamy June night in 1938, a thunder cloud parked itself over the badlands near Terry in eastern Montana, unleashing a torrent of rain that sent roiling waters raging ...

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I almost choked up at Gov. Scott’s inauguration when the gathering of senators, representatives, past governors, and hundreds ...