“It’s not enough to declare a month of recognition when the systems we rely on to repair justice are not ...

The Black historian Carter G. Woodson — who dedicated his career to the study of Black life and history — responded 100 years ...

President Trump’s attempts to uplift traitors and racists are the latest in a centuries-old campaign against history by those ...

Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to recognize and teach Black history in the United States, and 50 years since ...

It deserves complete integration, not a specially designated month.

Readers object to the National Park Service’s deletions at historic sites ordered by the Trump administration. Also: David ...

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?

Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, on the Boston Massacre, and how it changed relations between the colonists and ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

From the moment he announced his candidacy for president in 2015, Donald Trump has stoked fear of immigrants. He’s still at it. History tells us that Trump is wrong. Again and again, immigrants, ...