In “The American Revolution,” an illustrated companion to a new documentary series, the conflict is global, gruesome and ...

The jazz pianist and composer wrote music for the World War II hit “Early to Bed,” which was running when he died at 39. Two ...

From a legendary Italian cookbook finally in English to a sweeping American Revolution history and Dolly Parton’s performance ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

The Avery Research Center celebrates 160 years as a community hub and educational institute for Black people in South ...

Read John Kiesewetter's guide to the filmmaker's 12-hour "The American Revolution," premiering Nov. 16-21 on PBS.

“W hen shall we hear the joyfull sound … that slavery is no more?” So asked Jupiter Hammon, an enslaved man whose life in New ...

The Avery Research Center marks 160 years since the founding of the Avery Normal Institute, a school established for formerly enslaved African Americans that continues to serve as an educational hub ...

Rand, whose family can trace its roots back to the 1700s, is a Democratic state senator in North Carolina. Until he watched the 2008 CNN documentary "Black in America," he had no idea that some of his ...

Republican-led states fund Black history museums for tourism—even as Trump attacks them as “woke.” Is it strategy or hypocrisy?

Pollyanna “Polly” Williams has been named Woman of the Month for October by Jacksonville NAACP’s Women in the NAACP Committee ...