President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where minutemen fought British soldiers who ...

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (artist rendering ... of color,” says Stevenson (who received a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for Social Progress in 2012).

The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

Thousands celebrate DC Emancipation Day with a parade, live entertainment, and fireworks, marking the 20th anniversary of the public holiday.

After serving the Union cause as a pilot for the rest of the Civil War, he returned to South ... reconstructed state governments and the African-American citizens they tried to protect.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced former deputy minister of finance Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the United States. "I hereby announce the ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The names of 345 fallen law enforcement officers are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., as families and fellow officers ...