A church in a historic New Jersey town was being restored for a theater company's use. Contractors found a letter from 1891 in its rafters.

A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...

President Donald Trump's order accusing the Smithsonian Institution of not reflecting American history notes correctly that ...

Spurred on by proponents of the pseudoscientific eugenics movement, Minnesota was one of 32 states to enact such a law during ...

NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory ...

He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

Unlike Black children who had to leave their neighborhoods to seek an education, white children in Boston had the option to ...

Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed replacing the bronze ...

Local historians are planning to erect historic markers to recognize the lives of two enslaved people who once lived in ...

This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. The Thirteenth ...

One of the most notable traits of KU is the Jayhawk. To celebrate 160 years of the University of Kansas, here are 10 things ...

The Trump administration has tried to seduce Black Americans to fall into the trap and illusion of Black capitalism.” ...