Professor challenges modern American history curriculum in new book, arguing educators present Western culture negatively ...

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"With renewed national attention on Somali Americans, it is worth asking a simple question: How long have Somalis been part ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

Beware of myth as we approach the nation's 250th year. The true threat to America has always been a white supremacist ...

Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, where he is the faculty coordinator for the Yale Group for the Study of Native America ...

The 2026 SC African American History Calendar recognizes Black South Carolinians who helped American win its independence in ...

The year’s most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the missing torso of a Buddha statue and a hidden Picasso painting Lawmakers ...

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Bring a dash of history to your yard by planting the same crops American figureheads used to have in their gardens. In ...