PORTSMOUTH — Every inch of shade was valuable real estate during the annual Juneteenth ceremony Wednesday. The ceremony was held in 90-plus-degree weather at the African Burying Ground, where there’s ...

Labor Day is a powerful symbol of the American worker. It is a tribute to the generations who have labored, toiled and built the nation we know today. For African Americans, the significance of Labor ...

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A student of historiography and the study of history, as well as history itself, Eric Foner would like yet another American Revolution, one which would fulfill the promise of Reconstruction when ...

Black Catholic History Month celebrates the African American leaders in Catholicism. Catholic leaders emphasize year-round ...

Mitchelville Freedom Park honors a groundbreaking Black town where freedmen built and educated themselves long before ...

This booklet was produced in December 1862 specifically for Union soldiers to read and distribute among African Americans. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and ...

The Wright Museum’s Lance Wheeler shares details about the museum’s 2025 Juneteenth celebration. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will commemorate Juneteenth with a full day of ...

The history of African Americans traveling to and working and living in Europe offers a rich archive through which to explore historical tensions between American notions of freedom and citizenship in ...

Marvin Dulaney, the museum s deputy director and chief operating officer, teaches a class of North Texans attending the museum's Freedom Schools. Courtesy of the African American The African American ...

“So often, some of our veterans get overlooked, and today is one of those days where we pay tribute to those who wore this ...