The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but ...

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

On May 10, 1775, just weeks after the first shots of the Revolutionary War rang out at Lexington and Concord, a small band of American soldiers, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, launched a ...

The Civil War must have been a confusing time for Native Americans. Pushed from the east and relegated to Indian Territory, ...

With the beginning of the 250th celebration of the American Revolution this year, contributions made in New York State were ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Upon hearing that colonists were battling the British at Concord and Lexington ... the experiences of a particular group: Quakers, Native Americans, African Americans, men and women colonists.

The filmmaker talks to editorial page editor James Dao about how his newest project is the most important one he’ll ever make ...

After Elvis Presley joined the Army in 1958 but before the British Invasion of 1964, there was a forgotten period in American music. Here, rock and roll existed in a liminal space. These few years ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...

participated in every single incident of the American Revolution. "By the end of the war, we know that, on the Patriot side, over 5,000 men of color served. And many served on the British side as ...

President Trump has thrown his support behind a Long Island school district’s fight to keep its mascot after New York’s State Education Board banned the use of Native American-inspired names ...