Three experts discuss their behind-the-scenes experience as historical advisers to the new series.

The Leroy Neiman Jazz Café will continue to offer Starbucks Coffee hot and cold beverages, seasonal cafe favorites, and a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not too long ago, historians of the American West joined their artistic brethren in celebrating what we now think of as the “Old West.” For historians and artists, the “winning of the West” was a ...

The 2026 calendar is available free online and in print ...

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The U.S. military formed on June 14, 1775, during the American Revolution with the country’s first formal fighting force, the Continental Army. The Revolution was fought from 1775 to 1783, with ...

Documentaries can open windows to our past. Through the lens of talented filmmakers, we can re-live iconic moments in history like the 1963 March on Washington or climb aboard a Greyhound bus to join ...

The South Carolina Department of Education is set to unveil next year’s state African American history calendar.