West Virginia Independence Hall marked the state’s 162nd birthday today with a special celebration, commemorating the ...

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...

The protests, which broke out in Los Angeles on June 6, led to nearly $20 million in police overtime and vandalism costs, ...

There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s 'Lavender Men,' but much of it gets bogged down in an overly ...

Sen. Mark Warner wants to rein in a 218-year old law granting presidents sweeping power to send troops to suppress protests, ...

More than 100 relics connected to President Abraham Lincoln brought in $7.9 million, auctioneers said. The proceeds will help a presidential foundation repay a loan. By Neil Vigdor The ...

Back in the 1990s while working for the Clinton administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management, I wrote articles in ...

Officials are asking Nebraskans to donate a popular, discontinued wax to protect the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the west side of the Capitol. The cast-bronze statue of the former president is ...

Salem hosted its second annual Juneteenth Jam Festival Thursday at Charlotte Forten Park to celebrate the federal holiday.

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866.

More rainfall is expected in Iowa on Tuesday following several rounds of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms have hit the ...