Legendary documentary film director Ken Burns this week said South Carolina was one of two violent colonies where it would ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

Extolling peace has characterized the classical liberal movement from the eighteenth century, at least from Turgot, on ...

Serge Schmemann hosted a video conversation with three former European diplomats, Wolfgang Ischinger of Germany, Judith Gough ...

General Dwight Eisenhower wrote a cable informing his superiors, “the mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241, May ...

What president ever talks like that?” Biden said. “That’s not who we are. We’re about freedom, democracy, opportunity — not ...

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

Newspapers like the Massachusetts Spy published bold, new ideas — and the shortcomings of their British leaders.

O n May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers ...

Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before ...

"Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" is the first Costume Institute exhibit to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the ...