African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

The series is narrated by Peter Coyote and features the voices of Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and others The American Revolution does a deep dive into the lives of Black Americans during the war and how ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Despite the end of the government shutdown, Independence Hall in Philadelphia is closed temporarily. The Independence National Historical Park says the closure came without any ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...

America’s fight for independence reverberated around the world in significant ways, which University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell explores in his engaging new book, The American ...

Rhode Island Colonists engaged in acts of resistance against the British a decade before the American Revolution officially began. Key events included firing on British ships, burning the HMS Gaspee, ...

The invention of the modern self. How did the idea of the individual come into being? In that classic of Western cinema, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the title character addresses a crowd in ...

Cory McCants is back to uncover the often-untold history of the Haudenosaunee and their fight. Think you know the American Revolution? Think again. Cory McCants is back to uncover the often-untold ...

From liberal MSNBC to conservative FOX News and dozens of journalism organizations in-between, news gatherers last week refused an administration demand to only report information that is ...

Independence residents will vote in November on whether to renew the district’s four-day school week system for ten years. Google Maps Two years into a four-day school week system in the Independence ...