Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

NHPR is honored to commemorate Black History Month with special programming reflecting on the African American experience.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says anyone who wonders what the country would look like had the Confederacy won the Civil War ...

The Apple TV+ docuseries doesn't feature pundits or historians as talking heads, focusing instead on the people on the ground ...