The nation today marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal observance honoring King’s profound impact while also ...

(NEXSTAR) – Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At ...

It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery ...

It all began with a Facebook post – claiming a swastika and hate graffiti had been plastered across a church and a government ...

I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!’ Martin ...

Solomon Northup statue unveiled at Marksville courthouse, returning a national story to its Avoyelles roots: Marksville, ...

American history is filled with dramatic stories, legendary figures, and incredible events that have been repeated so often ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...

The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...