Route 66 has been called America’s Main Street, a moniker that fuels nostalgics who like to talk about simpler times and good ...

Michael Jackson’s most loyal fans will never let him go. The reasons why are fraught.

Elroy Johnson, a Dallas native and history educator, blends storytelling and social media to share Black history of Louisiana ...

The roughly 2-mile South Park Heritage Trail, which is expected to be completed by early 2029, will be dedicated to telling ...

The DIA’s lead curator of African American art discusses what it means to move a collection from the margins of a museum to ...

We’re currently living in a time where most of the things you read on social media timelines are filthy, venomous, and ...

On April 27, 2011, a tornado described as the strongest to ever hit Alabama struck just before 3 p.m., and less than 30 ...

More than 150 years after they were expelled from the legislature, Georgia's first Black lawmakers, known as the Original 33, ...

The Crispus Attucks History and Culture Center is telling about the arc from slavery to honoring agency and achievement in ...

After weeks of wall-to-wall campaigning, Virginians made their voices heard, approving a new U.S. House map that could help ...

The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a former North Carolina law enforcement officer planned to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a major New Orleans festival but was arrested at a Florida hotel ...