Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.

The Democratic Party's Decades-Long Courtship of Racist Fanatics. By David Sheen.

Desperate 19th-century women, mistreated by the American medical establishment, risked black-market remedies and the wrath of Anthony Comstock’s moralizing thugs.

African Americans helped build the iconic beach town, historian Alison Rose Jefferson details as California weighs reparations

The 187-unit apartment building with a symbolic circular design will include an Indian Health Services clinic and cultural programming.

Patricia Marroquin Norby, the Met Museum’s curator of Native American Art, reflects on the lesser-discussed everyday challenges of repatriation work. "As connections with source communities grew, some colleagues shared their surprise at how repatriation attitudes regarding specific items can differ. Some tribes seek repatriation, while others favor a co-stewardship approach or prefer that works remain at the museum."

You have likely heard the story of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" — but what about the one where the Puritans in Massachusetts banned the holiday altogether?

A virtuoso of the eighteenth-century version of viral memes and fake news, he had a sense of political theatre that helped create a radical new reality.

A considerable mess greeted the station sergeant who peered into London's The Psychic Bookshop in the early morning hours of February 6, 1928. Books and papers

Leaks of any kind are rare at the Supreme Court, but in 1973, the original Roe decision was leaked to the press before the court formally announced it. The chief justice was furious.

The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood can proceed with a lawsuit seeking reparations for the death and destruction, a judge in Oklahoma ruled on Monday.

Thousands of Niagara Falls residents lived in a toxic wasteland for years until a whistleblower made a call.

A collective of cryptocurrency owners attempted to buy the document but was outbid by Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin, who shelled out $43.2 million. One of just two privately owned first printings of the United States Constitution sold yesterday for $43.2 million, becoming the most expensive book, manuscript, historical document or printed text ever sold at auction, reports Sarah Cascone for Artnet News. The winning bid was more than double the presale estimate of $15 to $20 million.

The Underground Railroad conductor's understanding of botany, wildlife biology, geography and astronomy allowed her to guide herself and others to safety

The Mitchell brothers’ porn masterpiece, featuring the first mainstream “interracial” sex scene in adult cinema, turns 50 this year. And it’s a fascinating cultural artifact.

Consumer patriotism is the American way.

A cartoonist discusses his new show about the development of an American art form.

Three Texas authors expose the myth that the 1836 battle at a San Antonio mission was about freedom. It was about slavery