Hayden, both the first woman and first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump in May.

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It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, blue, nearly 50-year-old bound editions. They are the archives of the ...

The trailblazer made history on a local level in Illinois, the national level in Congress and eventually on the international ...

Patricia Washington McGraw commanded respect with her presence and demeanor wherever she went. McGraw -- a noted educator, ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

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This month, the Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen takes up her presidency of the EU – and the timing could not be more ...

In Sept. 1992, she joined six other astronauts on the Endeavor for eight days, making her the first African American woman in space. On her mission, she made 127 orbits around the Earth.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued a number of blockbuster rulings that have implications for everything from President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order to the future of ...

Many African American women could not vote unimpeded until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965—long after the 19th Amendment went into effect. Work continues to protect access to the vote. In ...