In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the ...

The evening ceremony was held at the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) plot sponsored by the William E. Carter American Legion ...

This June, we must also mourn those whose names we may never know: Black queer and trans people who died of AIDS during the peak of the crisis in the 1980s and early 1990s — what many call ...

Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...

The Black and Brown families who weren’t displaced found themselves living in neighborhoods exposed to hazardous air and ...

The excitement building around “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the new exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute looking at the history of Black style through the ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...

It’s no secret that Texas has often served as a testing ground for right-wing, white supremacist ideology in the U.S. Lesser known, however, is the history of Texas serving as a profound site of ...

The unit’s heraldry captures a global mission: the green circle symbolizes land operations worldwide; black and white denote 24/7 vigilance; the lightning bolt and sword represent rapid response ...

According to the U.S. National Park Service, the role of Black Civil War veterans in Memorial Day observations persisted until the final Black veteran of that war passed away.