Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

(AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea, File) President Gerald Ford looks over the conference table during a ... during a news ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that a new statue of Abraham Lincoln in Salem reminds us of the promise and power of the American presidency.

Camille Taylor of Not In Our Town BN weighs in on the value of Black history and diversity, stating "Knowledge is power." ...

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture ...

The celebratory week was set in February to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. Douglass ... Then in 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized the celebratory ...

In recent weeks, confidence in our America has been deeply shaken. Previously, to those who feared the collapse of our democratic republic, I have responded that our political traditions are long and ...

Eventually, in 1976, President Gerald Ford became the first president to ... figures in the civil rights movement — Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass — had birthdays in the week he ...

Many of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Dennis Quaid, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin, have played former presidents in ...

Using February as a backdrop, let me share with you two events that mark the birthday of Abraham Lincoln which provide an ...