HILLSDALE, Mich. (WILX) — The Freedom Truck, a traveling interactive museum giving visitors a hands-on look at 250 years of ...

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 ...

Dr. John E. Fleming was involved in the creation of the first national African American museum in Ohio and later, Smithsonian ...

Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants Sam Vong, PhD In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del ...

In a powerful commencement speech to the graduates of Brandeis University, filmmaker Ken Burns highlighted the importance of studying American history: “It is my job to remind people of the power our ...

Since 2018, the American Women's History Initiative Pool has funded more than 200 projects across the Smithsonian, supporting research, collections, and programming that make women's history visible ...

This year, we celebrate the most significant milestone in our Nation’s history: 250 glorious years of American independence. From the very beginning, our country has been blessed with countless black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America has no shortage of scandals—some shocking, some tragic, and some downright absurd. From political corruption to corporate ...

Back in the 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) developed Freedom Schools to teach reading, writing, math, civics and history to African Americans whose self-determination was ...

Legislation being considered by Tennessee lawmakers would require all undergraduate students to take classes on American ...