Opened in 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., tells America’s story through the lens of Black experience. That story, and the NMAAHC itself, is for ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

For writers of nonfiction like the late David McCullough, whose subjects included John Adams and Harry Truman, or Ron Chernow ...

Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.

February is Black History Month, a time the country highlights and celebrates the accomplishments of Black Americans. And the ...

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific ...

In “The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood,” Kristen Martin untangles imagined orphanhood from its severe and persistent reality. Her book details how ...

They do, however, have precedents in film, television, literature and the history on which ... As a whole, these books take apart the heroic myths that “American Primeval” critiques with ...

The youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. The first known Black female tattoo artist. And more, chosen by columnist.

The history of that erasure is a fascinating subplot of this book, as Kennedy traces the way generations of canny American women have been denied credit and profit and glory for their brainchildren.