The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on ...

It’s impossible for the Smithsonian to truthfully tell the American story without mentioning racism, sexism and other forms ...

Two new Smithsonian museums meant to honor the contributions of women and Latinos have been tied up for years as fights over their location and content have raged.

Her passion for the history and culture of Latin American communities led her to create and star in her own PBS television show, Afro-Latino Travels With Kim Haas. Now, she’s curating group travel ...

Thousands of protesters rally across America against President Trump's policies, voicing anger over government downsizing, immigration, and human rights.

Sherald’s oeuvre so far is singular in its advancement of the American Realist tradition of artists such as Edward Hopper, who were foundational to the Whitney’s founding in 1930, by presenting a new ...

Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman ...

A new executive order from the Trump administration focuses on the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture, seeking to take away displays they describe as “flawed” and “divisive.” ...

The Smithsonian Institution's leadership is standing firm after the Trump administration ordered a review last month of its ...

Trump’s order, entitled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” is in fact a directive to promote selective truths to create, by sins of omission, a false narrative — turning our layered ...

They say it's the administration’s latest move to downplay how race, racism and Black Americans shaped the nation’s story.