Black History Month was made an official holiday by President Gerald Ford in 1976. Find out who started it, why it is ...

Celebrate a century of Black History Commemorations with Dr. Kaye Whitehead as she reflects on the significance of Black History Month and its future.

Exactly 100 years ago this February, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian, author, journalist and educator, launched Negro History Week.

On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were present so there was no quorum.

President Trump announced Sunday that he would shut down the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this summer for two years to allow for a reconstruction project that he said would permit it ...

A Seussian take is not as ridiculous as it sounds. Theodor Geisel scribbled more than 400 editorial cartoons for PM newspaper ...

Virginia’s Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi (D) holds a PhD in poetry and selected five poems for fellow Democrats that brought her comfort over the past year.

Iran’s supreme leader has warned that any U.S. attack would trigger a “regional war” in the Mideast. This comes as U.S.

Donald Trump highlighted the US naval buildup near Iran while urging negotiations, as Tehran signalled openness to talks but warned that any American attack could trigger a wider regional conflict.

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to four years in federal prison after admitting he hurled a Molotov cocktail at Los Angeles ...