The International African American Museum will premiere its new Speaking Truth exhibit Monday, showcasingreflections on the ...

LOS ANGELES --The names Colonel Tye, Robert Smalls and Harriet Jacobs aren't as familiar as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Betsy Ross, but they, too, are the forefathers and foremothers of ...

Contrary to popular progressive opinion, slaves did not build America. Rather, the institution of slavery harmed America greatly.

In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life resulting in a more complete picture of the third ...

The Trump administration’s censorship campaign has extended to the National Park Service. The White House has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits documenting American slavery, including a 1863 ...

The National Park Service under President Donald Trump is looking to reshape what it tells Americans about their history.

History isn’t supposed to be comfortable. It’s supposed to be honest. Right now, we’re watching a dangerous trend: the sanitizing of America’s past in order to sell a cleaner, prettier story. But no ...