At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the internment of Japanese Americans in U.S. prison camps during World War ...

The city of Portage has explained its process for public proclamations at City Council meetings after one received more attention than usual.

We were all taught in school that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. to celebrate American independence ...

Two books about the American Civil War’s aftermath focus on the experiences of formerly enslaved people.

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

But as commander in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War, he realized, with Douglass’ help, he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation to destabilize the Confederacy and end the war.

Born into slavery in 1857 and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation after it was read in Tallahassee on May 20, 1865, Riley came to be well respected for his work in education and his many ...

Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly widespread, affecting more than 55 million people worldwide — a figure that’s expected to nearly triple by 2050. Despite the disease’s prevalence, few ...

“It is not clear how a school could teach a fulsome U.S. History course without teaching about slavery, the Missouri Compromise, the Emancipation Proclamation, the forced relocation of Native American ...

During a time of segregation that was merely 34 years since the Emancipation Proclamation but still nearly 70 before the Civil Rights Act, Fuller’s prevailing and obtaining his medical doctorate ...

A year before President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, a Washington, D.C. institution took root on humble ground. “Howard University Hospital started in 1862," said hospital ...