Women banded together to save Washington’s beloved home in Virginia, just south of Washington, D.C. Ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, women gathered at Washington’s residence last week for the ...

Savannah's Johnny Mercer Theatre is outdated, but a renovation could double its activity and make it profitable, a study finds.

King’s purpose was clear: Call America back to the moral claims of the Declaration. His “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is, in many ways, a mid-20th-century commentary on 1776. He insisted the ideals of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture to focus on the Black/Jewish reconciliation, with speakers including Avi Dresner and Anthony Hill.

This article is offered in tribute to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin – writer, editor, printer, publisher, bookseller, and ...

Reflecting on the passing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., Dr. Peter Bramble, Co-Founder of The Baltimore Times, recalled a moment forever etched in the history of America. The date was April 4, ...

Dr. Alveda King condemned protesters who stormed a Minnesota church, saying hostility and disruption betray the nonviolent ...

As Black History Month comes to an end, it’s important to honor those who fought for civil rights and spoke out against discrimination toward the African American community. The ...

As the first and only U.S. museum dedicated to the history and impact of American writers, the American Writers Museum (AWM) engages with themes of independence and equality throughout its permanent ...

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball. In 1947, he started at first base for the then Brooklyn Dodgers.

Consider the case of Black frontiersman John Taylor, who was dubbed “the first white man in Pine River Valley.” A formerly enslaved man who served in the Union Army, Taylor se ...