Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III has co-curated "American Aspirations" as the Smithsonian faces federal pressure. "Nobody has ...

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 ...

It’s been nearly 250 years since Elizabeth Gilmore Berry and her sister, Ann, served as frontline nurses for Gen. George Washington’s army at Valley Forge, during the brutal winter of 1777-78. The ...

To compile a list of 33 Black women who have changed American history, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a set of images of “African-American Women Changemakers” — including educators, activists, artists, and ...

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 ...

Roger Howell Jr. Professor of History Emeritus and specialist in Latin American history Allen Wells has spent a couple of ...

Demonstrators take part in the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice, or La Marcha, April 10, 2006 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Protests, marches and rallies were held across the ...

Growing up in the Bay Area, Wayne Jopanda rarely learned about Filipino-American history in school. An encounter a decade ago ...