Explore the history of Memorial Day and the African American contributions to the holiday. Learn about the true purpose and ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, ...

RelatedThe Lost History of a DC Black Neighborhood That Was Never Built This article appears in the March 2025 issue of Washingtonian. The post After Decades, the Full African American Civil War ...

The American Civil War is a ... nor Kentucky ended slavery during the Civil War, so some historians estimate there were still around 65,000 enslaved people in 1865. In December 1865, the end ...

After the Civil ... war, of a free, black settlement, named for the hated Union, made a dramatic claim to equality and liberty. The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African ...

Civil rights leaders also signed an affirmation to support the preservation of Black history. “We affirm that Black history is American history ... also important for people to lobby Congress ...

The Department of History's Edda Fields-Black has been named a recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for her research on Harriet Tubman.

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of ...