Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman […] ...

On March 20, 1995, in Tokyo, packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were opened on five separate subway trains in a ...

On March 20, 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,000 made ill in a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. A ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about slavery, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published in book form after being serialized in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era.

The first Black child born in America, William Tucker, was probably born on this date in Jamestown, Va. However, some ...

It 39;s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done. - Harriet ...

Renowned author Percival Everett spoke with the IUN community about his new novel, "James," a literary rebuttal to "Huckleberry Finn." ...

Why recognize a Black History Month in February? Why focus on women’s history in March? To reflect on the impact of people like Ona Judge. Ona was a biracial woman who was owned by Martha ...

March is Women’s History Month and the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia is celebrating women past and present. Highlighting the trailblazers and game changers who shaped our nation. Jenna ...

Since January, hostages held by the terrorist group Hamas have begun to return home to Israel. The images of these innocent people after 15 months of captivity in Hamas’s hands have been ...

A new virtual museum that shows artifacts found at the Maryland home where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her teenage years was unveiled by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT).