The Black historian Carter G. Woodson — who dedicated his career to the study of Black life and history — responded 100 years ...

Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign ...

Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, ...

Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to recognize and teach Black history in the United States, and 50 years since ...

Donald Trump’s 21st century take on the Monroe Doctrine harks back to an earlier era of US interference in Latin America ...

“It’s not enough to declare a month of recognition when the systems we rely on to repair justice are not ...

With the recent redaction of our history at the President's House in mind, I’d like to introduce readers to some little-known ...

Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, on the Boston Massacre, and how it changed relations between the colonists and ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...