Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

Four Notre Dame High School students will unveil a plaque next week marking the site of a notorious slave prison near Busch ...

The Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem aims to change that, showing how northern cities like New York have been shaped by ...

With the White House trying to whitewash the past, museums of civil rights activism keep us honest, protecting the US legacy ...

East End Arts presents large-scale mosaic portraits of prominent figures in the civil rights movement created by Long Island ...

Fame didn't always translate to fortune; Hurston never made even $1,000 on a single book. Later she was shunned for her ...

In the to-and-fro attempts to define the good and bad parts of U.S. history, people can find a shared understanding to “do our jobs as Americans” better ...

On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

How fitting it is that, in our annual cycle of Torah reading, some part of the Exodus narrative always coincides with the ...

There are nine National Parks in Alabama, including National Monuments, National Military Parks, National Preserves, and ...

THINGS have taken a turn since the flaming Café Brûlot cocktail at lunch. I’m now a jumble of Mardi Gras sequins and feathers, and there is a giant eagle mascot lying at my feet.   An hour ...

Today’s technologies are reigniting the kind of grassroots activism that is deeply rooted in trust and solidarity, one block, one text message, one video at a time. It is also a profoundly American ...