Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

Originally a celebration of George Washington's birthday, Presidents Day now pays tribute to all U.S. presidents.

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.

Kyla Burton, 57, was a longtime kindergarten teacher and wife of Arizona Republic Executive Editor Greg Burton.

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

Former governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus, died with history noting that this one white man stood up to the President of ...

This historic bronze plaque marking the last debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was originally placed on ...

Theodore Roosevelt modeled himself after Ulysses S. Grant. Franklin Roosevelt was a great admirer of his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden aimed to be latter-day Franklin ...

On Feb. 13, 1945, Allied forces in World War II began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden, Germany, killing as many as 25,000 ...

His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments, transformed debates around issues like public education and welfare ...

As we head into February, don’t let those New Year resolutions fall by the wayside. The promises we make to ourselves at the ...

Meet Anna Paulina Luna, the GOP lawmaker tasked with revisiting JFK files and Epstein’s list - Republican firebrand believes there were ‘two shooters’ and promises ‘transparency’ to reveal ‘federal se ...