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

After reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk, he appears uniquely qualified to lead a historic transformation of ...

Colloquially known as Presidents’ Day in a nod to the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and other ... for the birthdays of Washington; Lincoln; Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

New defense secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled all cultural awareness months in the Department of Defense, including Black ...

Black communities had been commemorating the birthdays of "two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping Black history" for decades, Scott said: President Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12 ...

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

“Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection,” as Abraham Lincoln said ... and tiny portraits that could be Lincoln or Jefferson Davis. Some people fly flags ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...