Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he ...

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

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...

Every February, the United States commemorates Black History Month, a time dedicated to honoring the achievements, ...

After going into the locker room, down six at the break Abraham Lincoln coach Jason Isaacson challenged his team to up the physicality. They did. The Lynx made a 10-3 run to start the second half ...

Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

Black History Month starts this weekend, but its origins are more than 100 years old. Here's why it's always celebrated in ...

He said: “internationally, there is a growing trend toward the abolition of the death penalty, with over 130 countries having abolished it in law or practice. This shift reflects a global ...

After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865 ... And there is precedent for it: In 1833, the United Kingdom passed the Slavery Abolition Act across much of the British Empire. It paid to ...

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 ...