For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

More than three years after a plan for a National Juneteenth Museum was hatched, developers have secured land in Fort Worth.

Dave Drake, a 19th-century Edgefield County resident whose pottery is now on display in museums and private collections ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

In 2013, the widely acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems — a charismatic artist, activist and educator, known for installations, ...

Black History Month is a month of education and awareness, a time to commemorate leaders and significant figures in this black history. It is celebratory and it is triumphant, but it is also a ...

Meaning from that point on the formerly enslaved people of Texas were finally free leading to the idea of what many now call ...

One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.

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

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation declaring February 9th as "Gulf of America Day" as he flew over the recently renamed body of water on his way to make history at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday ...

The Gullah Geechee descended from Africans enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations. Efforts are underway to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)— Governor Laura Kelly issued a verbal state of disaster emergency at 8:00 a.m. Sunday due to winter weather forecasted to impact the state starting on Monday. This ...