The state of Kentucky introduced an African American Heritage Trail today, offering visitors nearly 50 primary sites and ...

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The Development of the American Economy (DAE) program was one of the first research programs launched by Martin Feldstein in ...

Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove to be a federal judge has sparked a larger battle within the conservative legal movement.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants ...

For centuries, America has been a desired destination. But as the nation approaches its 250th birthday, under President ...

The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12 ... It was a bloodless opening to the bloodiest war in American history.