As the title suggests, this is a series about migrants whose movements across our land ended up being the most consequential ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

He was born in Virginia, but some say there is a case to be made that he should be considered an Ohio president.

Foreign-born practitioners in the health professions are critical to the health-care labour force in many high-income countries. In addition, both immigrant and non-immigrant health professionals have ...

Gerald Norwood is a Wichita collector of "African Americana" — letters, legal papers and other artifacts of the black ...

Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In ...

Henry L. Marsh III — a graduate of Maggie L. Walker High, Virginia Union University and Howard University Law School — left a ...

On February 2, 1862, Congress took a significant step toward ending slavery in the United States by abolishing it in the District of Columbia. This decision marked a crucial moment in the fight for ...

Historical and sociological perspectives reveal why certain societies or subgroups resist change, often rooted in cultural ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is set to deliver his annual State of the State address before a joint session of the ...

During the current state fiscal year, Clemson Rural Health has been underwritten by a $2.5 million contract, its largest source of funding, from the state Department of Health and Human Services, ...