Beth Lew-Williams, a professor of history and the director of the Program in Asian American Studies at Princeton, has been awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for her book, ...

Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions throughout the country host programming around women's history.

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

Faces Media and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History present a virtual lecture series spotlighting 250 years of Jewish life in the United States, from Colonial times to the present.

Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants Sam Vong, PhD In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del ...

History and modern life converged during the annual Pendleton Gun Show, with one display featuring about 250 weapons dating ...

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...