During her 2016 Democratic National Convention speech, Michelle Obama asserted that the White House had been built using slave labor. And she was right.

Obama said the White House "was built by slaves." Strictly speaking, the White House was not exclusively built by slaves; it was built by a combination of slaves, free blacks and whites.

Michelle Obama Fact-Checked: White House 'Was Built by Slaves' Historians say that the labor force that built the White House included both enslaved and free African Americans.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters, two beautiful and intelligent black young women, playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.

New photos show that the historic Rose Garden looks almost unrecognizable nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump and ...

The White House Was, in Fact, Built by Enslaved Labor Along with the Capitol and other iconic buildings in Washington, D.C.

“Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood” is a new project that documents the enslaved people who built, lived within, and worked in the White House. So far, historians have recorded about ...

Following Michelle Obama’s reminder to Americans that she wakes up every morning in a house built by slaves, the White House Historical Association on Wednesday released an updated explanation ...

Enslaved African-Americans are often left in the shadows of American history, despite helping to build historic landmarks in D.C., such as the White House.

Photos have emerged of cocaine that was found last summer at the White House, just months after the Secret Service concluded its investigation into the matter without arresting a suspect.

PHOTOS: White House Christmas decorations 2016 When George W. Bush left the White House, he and his wife, Laura, moved to Dallas' prestigious Preston Hollow neighborhood.