As of 2023, more than half of states across the U.S. recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday, according to the Pew ...

A flurry of executive orders have been signed since President Donald Trump took office in January. Is there a limit to them?

Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At first glance it ...

On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United ...

Conness, a U.S. Senator from California from 1863 to 1869, was a leader in passing the 14th Amendment. And Trump’s attempt to ...

Historians agree that  the earliest record of the West African chattel, commonly called slaves, arrived in America in 1619.

The 84th Lincoln Pilgrimage, organized by the Gray Arrow District of the California Inland Empire Council of Scouting America, set out from Redlands High School midmorning Saturday and the parade made ...

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As conservatives try to change how history is taught in our schools, here are some Black history facts you should know.

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

Originating in the United States, Black History Month is an annual event which is now celebrated in several countries across ...

17, 1862, Lincoln was emboldened to declare, “God has decided this question in favor of the slaves.” Five days later he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. In plain prose, it declared the ...