A relatively unknown, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper was a Baltimore native born in the early 1800s who fought for voting rights, women's rights and an end to slavery.

Baylor welcomed Spanish professors from Yale University, Boston College and Washington University in St. Louis to discuss their new books and how refusing to acknowledge the past has caused modern ...

As Black History Month marks 100 years, voices urge remembering enslaved Black people whose forced labor built the nation and shaped American history.

University of Delaware has restored elements of student research, work and academic materials on slavery and Newark history ...

Several milestones are being celebrated this month by descendants of important Black figures from Maryland who helped shape ...

Here are some actions Trump has taken to reshape American historical sites and cultural bodies since returning to the White ...

Over the past year, UD has reacted to pressure under a second Trump administration, while tuning a “long-term strategy” on ...

United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, formally abolishing slavery and affirming the nation’s commitment to freedom ...

President Donald Trump has targeted U.S. cultural and historical institutions - from museums to monuments to national parks - ...

In 2009, Steve McQueen’s first feature film, Hunger, won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s “Best Film” award. It shared that award with Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino’s next ...