The Civil Rights Movement was active ... which are featured in this episode of History Detectives. Image 1: March on Washington, showing African Americans marching with signs demanding equal ...

In the ensuing months and years, arguments by African Americans who visited Lincoln—and the president’s willingness to listen—would change the course of history. While many historians and ...

President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the ...

Every Black History ... on 30 Black Americans who have flown under the radar and deserve to be celebrated for their bravery, accomplishments and contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, the ...

In 2016, former President Barack Obama opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders sharply rebuked Trump on Friday for his order, entitled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” ...

Agencies are scrambling to comply with President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion.

the Civil Rights Movement, or the treatment of Native Americans. Now, the National Museum of African American History and Culture—which opened to national fanfare in 2016—is in the crosshairs.

When I first read Smalls’ speech while researching political violence in the years after the Civil War, I was stunned. Most estimates of postwar killings of African-Americans amount to about ...