Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the ...

Celebrations of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that honors the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, are growing ...