On May 26, 1900, the Geneva Daily Times told its readers the Union veterans would not parade on Memorial Day. The local ...

A New Orleans committee announced the remains of 19 Black Americans whose skulls were taken to Leipzig, Germany, in the 1880s will receive a jazz funeral.

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...

The severed heads of 19 Black Americans, used for "research" in 1872, have been returned to New Orleans, where they will be ...

The Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts has announced the 10th MASB Artist Travel Prize, awarding $7,000 to a Baltimore-based visual artist to support travel that enriches their practice, with ...

Gov. Wes Moore, the nation’s only Black governor, recently caused a stir in the movement for reparations in his state.

Camilla, Georgia's Black Mayor Kelvin Owens, Interim City Manager Cheryl Ford, and former Election Superintendent Rhunette ...

This page details the lifetime voting records of congressional members from the 118th Congress, which convened on January 3, 2023, and concluded on January 3, 2025.

Bill Price's online archive of 150,000 colorized photographs from the 1880s to the early 1950s offer a new perspective on everyday life in that era ...

The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.