In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

History was made up and down the ballot in the 2024 election, bringing firsts to the White House, House of Representatives ...

Almost 200,000 African Americans fought for the Union army ... the singers gave a concert for Vice President Schuyler Colfax and members of Congress. Despite their new popularity among political ...

Their victories raise the number of Black members of the Senate to ... convention during the 2016 Democratic National ...

“For more than 200 years, African Americans ... a war in which Black Americans did not serve proudly. But throughout most of American history, Black service members faced great adversity.

African-Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history, defending and serving a country that in turn denied them their basic rights as citizens. Despite policies of racial ...

Men still outnumber female members ... Congress. She has served in office for over 37 years and has been the Speaker of the House twice in the last two decades. Her accomplishments include the ...

Every member must still prove lineage to a patriot of the American Civil War. During DAR's annual Continental Congress last ...

She is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American ... military service members – who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American law that Congress has been aware ...

Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...

National Veterans of Foreign Wars Day, September 29, acknowledges the men and women who have served honorably in the U.S. military overseas in war or other imminent danger. The VFW traces its ...