The Historical Society hired an art student a century ago to reproduce historic portraits of Indigenous people at the Smithsonian.

While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled ...

Historical fiction should not be a tool to justify modern biases or to create villains or heroes; it should challenge us to ...

Director Peter Berg, executive producer Eric Newman, Indigenous Consultant Julia O’Keefe, stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, ...

White Plains collector Seth Kaller has an original copy of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, which doesn't mention the dream. King improvised it.

Carter’s impulse to heal and seek peace was evident on his second day in office, when he pardoned all who had left the ...

When he showed up at the Chicago Tribune one day in early 1976, James Earl Carter, Jr., was announced by one of our young newsroom copy clerks as “that governor from Georgia who thinks he can run for ...

A sudden, fierce blizzard slashed across Nebraska 137 years ago today.

Carter’s impulse to heal and seek peace was evident on his second day in office, when he pardoned all who had left the ...

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady ...

In 1891, the Legislature approved a Great Seal, but the matter resulted in an embarrassing controversy as one legislator switched his design for the one actually ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of ...