Family lore has it that Irving got into some sort of heated disagreement with Cornelius, and got revenge by bestowing the Van ...

Out of this moment of fear and uncertainty comes the chance to imagine a democracy that has never fully existed.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — The Dutchess County Department of History will host a free virtual Black History Month program focusing on the experiences of people of color in Dutchess County during the ...

Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for president to attract a major following.

Try this quiz on the documents, writers and events that led to the American Revolution and the foundation of the country.

Marvel heroes travel back to the American Revolution in 1776 #4 to fight a time-bending sorceress and save the rebellion — and existence itself.

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At an hour when Ahmad and Mohammed should have been in the classroom, the two brothers sat idle at home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The 10-year-old twins are part of a generation ...

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.