Originally a celebration of George Washington's birthday, Presidents Day now pays tribute to all U.S. presidents.

Here are five Black History Month icons from Texas that you need to know about.

Kyla Burton, 57, was a longtime kindergarten teacher and wife of Arizona Republic Executive Editor Greg Burton.

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments, transformed debates around issues like public education and welfare ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

After her political career, she became a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Jordan died in 1996 and became the first Black woman to be ...

This historic bronze plaque marking the last debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was originally placed on ...

In the waning days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration ... to their first winning record since 1955. But Lombardi died a few weeks before the 1970 season began.

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

However, in 1975, a tape showing Kennedy's assassination by Abraham Zapruder raised new doubts about the official findings.

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.