Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

At an antebellum plantation, during Black History Month, over 100 people came to a lecture about slavery on Saturday.

The Supreme Court could be called upon in the coming weeks or months to act in a challenge to Trump's policies, depending on how quickly appeals move through the lower courts ...

The story of Argentina, from before the Europeans arrived to the modern-day, also tells us the story of South America at the ...

There were great sacrifices that Fawn and Keith Weaver made to ensure that the Uncle Nearest whiskey brand would not fail. Today, Uncle Nearest is recognized as a force within the spirits industry, ...

Rep Chuck Owens was singin’ some high praise of the Louisiana Dept of Education’s guidelines for K-12 social studies classes just the other day.  After taking a look, we would beg to differ somewhat.

The north-south trails from St. Paul to Dubuque (Iowa) and from Fort Atkinson (Iowa) to Winona, along with the east-west travel along both the Chatfield Territorial Road and the State Line Trail, ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Some photographs are so powerful that you no longer need to read the caption to learn their backstory. The image in itself is captivating enough to inspire you to create your own narratives. This is ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts, took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

Two physicians are asking a judge to prevent the Indiana Department of Health from publicly releasing a trove of state abortion records previously deemed confidential.

When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is ...