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While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...

it did so after an or-else demand that the news agency change its style from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” in line with the president's executive order The Latest Civil ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why. By Siddhartha Mitter A jury found them guilty of conspiring as part of a crew to steal art, sports memorabilia and artifacts from smaller museums.

Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

George W. Bush‘s post-presidency painting career has always drawn a potent combination of ridicule and fascination, but rarely has the subject of who taught him to put brush to canvas come up ...

Graduate with a distinguished MEng degree, learn from world-class civil engineers, and thrive in the UK's top ... and infrastructure resilience. Our state-of-the-art, modern facilities are amongst the ...

We invite students to explain how to do any task in 400 words or fewer. Contest dates: Feb. 12 to March 12, 2025. By The Learning Network Big feelings can shape much of our life, and the lives ...