Linford Fisher’s work on the project started with considering New England’s connection to the Atlantic slave trade.

The museum is at the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. During ...

Dr. John E. Fleming was involved in the creation of the first national African American museum in Ohio and later, Smithsonian ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired several significant artifacts that reflect key ...

As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, a battle for the soul of U.S. history is unfolding, with efforts being made to ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

A group of local veteran advocates is planning to create a museum of modern American military history in Allegheny Township.

Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants Sam Vong, PhD In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del ...

Since their origin as workwear for miners and prospectors, Levi's jeans have long been an important piece of American culture ...