Maryam Hampton reveals her AncestryDNA results, exploring her diverse genetic makeup as an African American through discoveries of roots in regions like Benin/Togo, Cameroon/Congo, Nigeria, Europe, ...

The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the acreage the U.S. promised and failed to hold for tribal ...

Documents show inconsistencies around displays the Interior Department is eliminating and those it chooses to keep under an order from President Donald Trump.

A new exhibit at the Old State House Museum is a commemoration of the country's 250th birthday, but it misses the mark with ...

President Trump ordered officials to remove information deemed disparaging to the United States. A review of government ...

The Trump administration's campaign to remove National Park Service exhibits that "inappropriately disparage" historical ...

Rashauna Johnson's new book, "Sweet Home Feliciana," moves beyond the big cities and digs into the past of the Feliciana Parishes. Johnson's research uncovers the rich and complex history of these ...

Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in ...

Mae Ngai is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University.

A report released by the Government Accountability Office ahead of Black History Month shows there is more work to be done when it comes to the treatment of Freedmen descendants.

New legislation was introduced to protect American history from censorship. This follows a court order that required the Trump administration to restore an exhibit on slavery at the President's House ...

A Paiute man had a vision: A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end. HEARD ...