Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as the state prepares for an atmospheric river that could bring heavy rain, ...

Benjamin Quarles, a celebrated historian at Morgan State University, faced an uphill battle to chronicle the Black experience ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to continue pummeling the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic states, while ...

Despite concerns across the country about federal funding for the school-readiness program Head Start, the YMCA of County's ...

President Trump has called D.C. a ‘nightmare of murder and crime.’ He is considering an order to crack down on violent and ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Baltimore is home to the first Black-owned shipyard in the United States, and its history is on full display in Fells Point.

Explore the historic Maryland landmarks that shaped America's history; the rich heritage and significant contributions of ...

As he celebrated the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865, Frederick Douglass emphasized that pervasive racial discrimination remained an obstacle to the attainment of equal ...

Visitation Hotel just opened in Frederick, Maryland, an underrated city filled with 19th-century buildings and independent ...

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.