Black Americans. What began in 1926 has grown into an overall cultural observance of Black History in February ...

Professor challenges modern American history curriculum in new book, arguing educators present Western culture negatively ...

“Don’t know much about history . . .,” goes the famous song. It’s an apt motto for the Common Core’s elementary school curriculum. And it’s becoming a serious problem. A 2014 report by the National ...

Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, where he is the faculty coordinator for the Yale Group for the Study of Native America ...

"With renewed national attention on Somali Americans, it is worth asking a simple question: How long have Somalis been part ...

Pegging 12 of the most important speeches and moments in American politics is no easy feat. From Washington to Lincoln, from Kennedy to Reagan, these are the names, faces and moments that have changed ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin paused his tour of the commonwealth’s classrooms to visit the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

Through a series of executive orders targeting place names, signage on, and access to public lands and waters, the Trump administration is erasing important chapters of American history. American ...

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