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1. George Washington: The Architect of Executive Power Washington walked on untrodden ground, shaping the presidency with no ...

Founded in 1876 for freed Blacks denied access to traditional Episcopal seminaries, Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary ...

National Freedom Day — to celebrate Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation will be held 2-4 p.m.

Lee, who's from Texas and known by many as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was added to the list of "incredible heroines of ...

Mattel celebrates Black History Month by welcoming civil rights advocate Opal Lee to its Barbie Inspiring Women Series.

Among the highlights is a rare 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence produced in New Hampshire by ...

The White House issued a proclamation recognizing the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday late Monday evening, following ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address at 1963’s March on Washington is perhaps the most famous speech in American history. But fewer people remember the man behind King’s dream ...

Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. His words touched the American soul like no other speech since the ...

It was no accident that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. That act shifted the meaning of ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons living in the Confederate states. Joyful celebrations followed. On Jan. 1, 2026 ...