Kansas is looking for a leader to help make a long-delayed mural honoring Black Civil War soldiers a reality at the Statehouse.

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

Finger Lakes Community College is marking Black History Month with an online talk by Jeffrey Sammons, a professor emeritus of history at New York University. The event, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb.

Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the 2025 Black History Month observance at the Empire State Plaza will feature exhibits and events celebrating African Americans' history, accomplishments, ...

The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will share that and other stories of the Northwest Indiana's contribution to the Civil War this weekend. “The Civil War Comes to Northwest Indiana” will take ...

As agents from multiple federal agencies conducted immigration raids in Denver and Aurora on Wednesday morning, a decorated ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its forces have captured the mining town of Toretsk, their latest breakthrough in ...